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Trucker charged after $11M cocaine bust at Canadian border

Four duffle bags filled with cocaine seized from a truck at the Canadian border.

A truck driver was arrested and charged after border officers seized over $11 million worth of cocaine after it entered Canada from the U.S. via Buffalo, New York, authorities said Thursday.

Pardeep Singh, 24, of LaSalle, Quebec, was arrested on June 15 after a secondary inspection on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo.

Canada Border Services Agency officers discovered five duffel bags containing almost 250 pounds of cocaine, according to a joint...

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Small Fleet Summit: What happens when your truck is carrying drugs at border

Lawyer Su Ross during the FreightWaves Small Fleets and Owner-Operator Summit discussing drug seizures at the Border

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: What small fleets and owner-operators need to know when trucks get caught with drugs at the U.S. borders.

DETAILS: Drug seizures from commercial trucks have surged at the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico since 2020, when restrictions for nonessential travel took effect in response to COVID-19. The drivers themselves can face arrest and prosecution, while tractors and trailers can be seized for extended periods of time. But in some cases, the drivers are unaware of their...

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$6M in marijuana seized from trucks at US-Canada border

Bags of marijuana in a box seized from a truck at the US-Canada border

Over $6 million worth of marijuana was seized from two commercial trucks that were attempting to cross the U.S. border from Canada with shipping manifests claiming an especially mundane cargo: paper. 

The seizures happened within a day of each other near Buffalo, New York, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement on Friday. The drivers in both cases are under investigation, CBP spokesperson Mike Niezgoda told FreightWaves in an email, declining to provide further details.

The most...

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Curious pot bust jams up 2 truckers — Long-Haul Crime Log

An aerial view of the Pembina U.S.-Canada border crossing, where two truck drivers were arrested.

Two Canadian truck drivers in their 20s are facing charges in North Dakota over a $4.5 million load of marijuana intercepted at the U.S.-Canada border. The latest episode of FreightWaves’ true-crime podcast, Long-Haul Crime Log, examines the case and why some aspects of it are unusual.

The drivers were arrested on April 23 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the marijuana while inspecting what was supposed to be a load of straw at the border in Pembina, North Dakota. The...

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2 truckers face prosecution after $4.5M marijuana seizure at US-Canada border

Marijuana seized from a truck at the U.S.-Canada border in Pembina, ND.

Two truckers were turned over to local authorities for prosecution after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $4.5 million worth of marijuana during an inspection of a truck at the U.S.-Canada border in North Dakota on Friday.

Officers discovered nearly 2,800 pounds of marijuana after referring a truck from Manitoba for a secondary inspection at the Pembina port of entry, CBP said in a statement on Monday.

The drivers, who were not identified, were subsequently turned over to the...

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Largest meth seizure in Miami history brings cartel arrests

More than 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in shipments of concrete tiles were intercepted in March by federal agents in Miami, leading to the arrests of six alleged Mexican cartel traffickers, officials said.

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) seizure of the crystal meth is the largest in Miami-Dade County history, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The methamphetamine was shipped by truck in two loads from Mexico through Texas to South Florida, according to a criminal...

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Massive opium bust at Port of Vancouver leads to warehouse sting

Pictures of opium seized in a drug bust at the Port of Vancouver.

Seizing nearly $8 million worth of opium found in two shipping containers at Port of Vancouver wasn’t enough for Canadian police and border officers. They swapped out the drugs with a dummy substance and followed the shipment to a warehouse where they arrested five suspects.

Authorities disclosed the operation on Monday, more than six weeks after the Feb. 11 opium bust at Vancouver’s Deltaport — the largest container terminal in Canada — and after months of investigation. There, officers from...

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Rookie trucker free after pot bust at border — Long-Haul Crime Log

A tractor-trailer awaits inspection at the Fort Street Cargo Facility at the U.S.-Canada border in Detroit. A rookie trucker was arrested there after the discovery of marijuana in a trailer full of pork.

A rookie trucker arrested and charged after U.S. border officers found $2.8 million worth of marijuana concealed in a load of Canadian pork bound for Texas was freed after evidence came to light showing he wasn’t involved in the crime, court documents show. 

Prosecutors moved to drop the charges against Varinder Singh on Dec. 17, a little over a month after his arrest at a U.S.-Canada border crossing in Detroit. Singh, a Canadian resident, had only recently become a truck driver.

“The reason for...

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Marijuana, bongs seized from trucks at US-Canada border

Glass bongs are lined up after being seized by from a truck at the US Canada border, amid a rise of marijuana seizures.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized more than $8 million of marijuana and over 2,000 bongs from commercial trucks in separate incidents at the U.S.-Canada border, the agency said Friday.

The marijuana seizure occurred Thursday at the Peace Bridge, the site of multiple large drug busts involving trucks at the Canada-U.S. border since June. 

Officers reportedly discovered 2,410 pounds of marijuana during an inspection of 20 pallets. The driver was not arrested, while the case...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/marijuana-bongs-seized-from-trucks-at-us-canada-border

Trucker arrested after $10M cocaine bust at US-Canada border

Packages of suspected cocaine seized by Canada Border Services Agency officers from a truck crossing from the United States. The truck driver was arrested.

A trucker was arrested after Canadian border officers found more than $10 million worth of suspected cocaine during an inspection of a tractor-trailer coming from the United States, authorities said on Thursday.

The unidentified male truck driver was arrested on Aug. 18 at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge, a U.S.-Canada border crossing linking southern Ontario and western New York.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers referred the tractor-trailer for a secondary inspection after noticing...

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