U.S.-Canada border

Canada border officers mull strike at critical time for supply chain

Three border Canada Border Services on a boat with a ship in the background.

Thousands of members of the Canada Border Services Agency are in the midst of voting on whether to authorize a strike — something that could roil the movement of billions of dollars of goods via its border with the U.S., airports and sea ports. Nowhere more acutely than the Port of Vancouver.

Some 9,000 CBSA employees represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s Customs and Immigration Union have been holding strike votes across the country since June 16. The last one happens in Ottawa...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canada-border-officers-mull-strike-at-critical-time-for-supply-chain

$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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/curious-pot-bust-jams-up-2-truckers-long-haul-crime-log

FreightWaves Classics: St. Lawrence Seaway connects mid-North America to the world

A ship moving through the St. Lawrence Seaway. (Photo: Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System)

The 63rd navigation season on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System was launched on March 22nd during an official opening ceremony.

“Moving goods by water through the Seaway ensures trade is flowing freely between the U.S.
and Canada while also reducing emissions,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
“After 62 years of operation, the binational Seaway System remains a model of international
cooperation and partnership and showcases how we can work together to address the...

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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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rookie-trucker-free-after-pot-bust-at-border-long-haul-crime-log

Rookie trucker held after CBP finds pot in Texas-bound pork shipment

Palates of marijuana seized by CBP officers. A trucker was arrested at the US Canada border after marijuana was found in a shipment of pork

A rookie truck driver was arrested and charged after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found $2.8 million worth of marijuana hidden in a load of pork bound for El Paso, Texas, at the U.S.-Canada border in Detroit on Monday, court documents show. 

Varinder Singh of Brampton, Ontario, told federal investigators that he was unaware that he was hauling marijuana when he presented his tractor-trailer at the Fort Street Cargo Facility shortly before noon, according to a criminal complaint...

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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 charged with trafficking meth from US to Canada

Bags of meth seized by authorities at the US-Canada border. A trucker has been charged with meth trafficking in connection with the seizure.

A trucker could face life in prison after being charged with trafficking nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine from the United States to Canada, authorities said Wednesday.

Steven Andrew Golding, 64, was arrested Monday on charges stemming from a December 2018 drug seizure at the Pacific Highway U.S.-Canada border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement.

Authorities seized multiple bags of meth found inside the cab of the Volvo tractor...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/trucker-charged-with-trafficking-meth-from-us-to-canada

US border officers find pot, not furniture, in Canadian truck

Boxes of marijuana found in a Canadian truck by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the US-Canada border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered more than a half-ton of marijuana during an inspection of a Canadian truck at the U.S. border at the Blue Water Bridge in Michigan on Monday. The pot — manifested as office furniture — was destined for locations in Michigan, CBP said.

The drugs were packed into cardboard boxes loaded onto wooden pallets. Officials did not estimate the value of the marijuana, but estimates from recent border seizures and open-source drug price indexes...

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US border closures with Mexico, Canada extended through Sept. 21

Trucks lined up for inspection at the U.S.-Mexico border at the Port of Laredo. The U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed for non-essential travel through Sept. 21.

The closures of the U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada for non-essential travel have been extended another month to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The land borders will remain closed through September 21, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced in a tweet on Friday morning.

The U.S. land borders have been closed to non-essential travel since March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Trucks have continued to move freight relatively freely across the Mexican and Canadian...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/us-border-closures-with-mexico-canada-extended-through-sept-21

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