ONE TONNE OF opium (above) was intercepted on a ship before it could hit Canadian streets. Police photo.
The threats of COVID-19 did not stop these merciless drug smugglers, it made them more resourceful.
It led to the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency officers intercepting one tonne of opium, one of the largest seizures of the drug ever found sailing into the country illegally by ship.
The seizure took place last February as drug fighting RCMP and officers of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) searched two suspicious ocean-going sea containers and found 1,000 kilograms of opium aboard a ship entering the Port of Vancouver, police said.
Police said the drugs was worth $10 million and “one of the largest opium seizures for the CBSA on record.”
The CBSA said their Operations and Intelligence personnel worked hard to analyze and gather all information related to this shipment.
The information was only released recently due to the ongoing probe.
No charges have been laid.
Officers said the addictive drug would have eventually been cut into pieces and sold to a network of dealers across Canada.