Agents seize nearly 1,280 litres of methamphetamine at B.C. port
Border agents say that methamphetamine was bound for Australia in bottles labelled as apple and grape juice
The Canada Border Services Agency says its agents seized nearly 1,280 litres of liquid methamphetamine at a B.C. port this June.
In a statement, the CBSA says the seized drugs had a street value of $2 million.
The seizure happened on June 27, according to the agency, when a container bound for export to Australia was examined by officers and sniffer dogs at the Fraser Surrey Docks in Surrey, B.C.
"During the exam, officers found anomalies in the packaging of the bottles labelled as apple and grape juice," reads the statement. "Upon further examination, officers discovered 1,320 bottles filled with methamphetamine."
The CBSA says that, after collaborating with agencies in Australia, three people in Australia were charged with crimes in relation to the June seizure.
"I want to thank the CBSA, the RCMP and our Australian law enforcement partners for their excellent work in disrupting organized crime and protecting our communities from dangerous drugs," said Canada's Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc in the statement.
According to the agency's data, it seized 6.2 million grams of "other narcotics, drugs and chemicals," which would include methamphetamine, in the first quarter of 2024.