(Delta) The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said it confiscated more than 6,300 kilograms of methamphetamine in British Columbia in the past six months, including the largest seizure of the drug ever.
The agency says the drugs were found in four seizures in Metro Vancouver, in jugs labeled as canola oil, and intended for export to Australia.
In December last year, City of Burnaby officers found 40 jugs containing just over 200 kilograms of crystal meth. A month later, 180 containers containing 2,900 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine were seized while passing through the container examination facility in the city of Delta.
The agency said in a statement that the January discovery was enough to fill 35 large suitcases and was its largest methamphetamine seizure to date.
In May, two other major seizures took place at the container examination centre, where more than 3,000 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine were discovered.
The agency says the seizures are the result of collaboration between authorities in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Five Australian citizens and an American have been arrested in Australia for their alleged connection to the operation. The investigation was entrusted to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Federal Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino said in a statement that safety and security were the government’s top priority.
“I would like to thank the CBSA, the RCMP and our law enforcement partners in Australia and New Zealand for their excellent work in disrupting organized crime and protecting our communities from dangerous narcotics,” he said. he assures.