Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
🇨🇦 Canada · Customs · 13 reports
- People arrested
- 63
- Cannabis seized
- 49.3967 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
23 charged in Project North Star cannabis probe in Ontario
York Regional Police charged 23 people and seek one more suspect after Project North Star, an inquiry into a London-supplied illicit cannabis network and online dispensary. Police say the group shipped cannabis by parcel across North America and Europe and seized over 1,550 pounds of cannabis plus hashish and derivatives worth about $4.8 million in London.
Arrested 23Charged 23Cannabis 708.92 kgOntario man jailed a year for 31 kg of cannabis seized at Vancouver airport
Alaaddin Koc, 56, of Windsor, Ontario, was sentenced on 21 September 2026 to one year in prison for trying to take about 31 kilograms of cannabis from Vancouver International Airport to London's Heathrow in October 2024. He pleaded guilty in July 2026; the court said credit for time served left 251 days to serve, and he was also given a lifetime firearms prohibition.
Cannabis 31 kgPrison 1 year44 kg hashish seized with cocaine at Pearson airport; one held
CBSA officers seized 44 kg of hashish and 13 kg of cocaine from a traveller's luggage bound for Sri Lanka at Toronto Pearson airport on 3 September 2026. One person was arrested and handed to the RCMP; no charges or suspect details were reported.
Arrested 1Cannabis 44 kgTwo Air Canada workers arrested; 56 kg of cannabis seized in airport probe
The RCMP arrested two Air Canada ground-operations employees on 26 August 2026 over an alleged conspiracy to move luggage through secure areas of Montréal-Trudeau Airport, facilitating cocaine imports and cannabis exports. Officers seized 56 kg of cannabis during the investigation and released the two pending further proceedings.
Arrested 2Released 2Cannabis 56 kgNine arrested in interprovincial bust with 207 cannabis edibles
Nine people were arrested and charged after Winnipeg-led Project Pink Panther warrants in Winnipeg and the Greater Toronto Area on 26 August 2026. Officers seized about 207 cannabis edible packages among cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs, plus cash, firearms and vehicles.
Arrested 9Charged 9Five charged after 32.3 kg of unstamped cannabis seized at Cornwall border
Canadian border officers found unstamped cannabis and THC vape products hidden in a vehicle entering at the Cornwall port of entry on 25 April 2026, and the RCMP charged five Toronto-area men. Officers seized 32.3 kg of unstamped cannabis and 1,700 vape cartridges, edibles, cash and phones.
Arrested 5Charged 5Cannabis 32.3 kgCBSA seizes 801.5 kg of cannabis bound for the UK at Halifax
CBSA officers found four wooden crates holding 1,479 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis weighing 801.5 kg in a container declared as wire mesh bins at Halifax on 5 September 2025; the shipment was bound for the United Kingdom.
Cannabis 801.5 kgTwo women held at Pearson with 45 kg cannabis for UK
CBSA officers seized about 45 kilograms of cannabis from the luggage of two women bound for London at Toronto Pearson airport on 14 November 2024. The RCMP charged both women with export under the Cannabis Act and released them ahead of a Brampton court date.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 45 kgCBSA seizes 378 kg of cannabis bound for the Caribbean at Halifax
Border officers at Halifax found 377 kg of suspected cannabis and 1 kg of hashish packed in two boxes inside a Caribbean-bound container in late October 2023 and handed the haul to the Nova Scotia RCMP.
Cannabis 378 kgHalton police seize 1,000 kg of cannabis in record bust
Halton Regional Police concluded Project Icarus, the largest drug seizure in the force's history, with 12 arrests and 44 charges after seizing more than 1,000 kg of cannabis alongside other drugs, guns and cash across the Greater Toronto Area.
Arrested 12Charged 12Cannabis 1 t1,300 kg of hashish seized from Malawi container at Port of Montréal
Border officers at the Port of Montréal seized more than 1,300 kg of suspected hashish hidden inside laminated floor pieces in a container from Malawi on 10 December 2015. Detector dog River found the drugs; no arrests were reported and the CBSA and RCMP are investigating.
Cannabis 1.3 tProject Celsius seizes 43 tonnes of hashish bound for Montreal
The RCMP announced on 18 April 2012 that Project Celsius, a two-year international investigation, had seized 43.3 tonnes of hashish from Pakistan destined for Montreal and Halifax. Nine suspects were arrested in raids at the Port of Montreal.
Arrested 9Cannabis 43.3 tCBSA seizes 1,700 kg of hashish hidden with statues at Port of Montréal
Canada Border Services Agency officers found more than 1,700 kg of hashish worth over C$36 million hidden in false-bottom crates of statues and masks from South Africa at the Port of Montréal on 27 January 2010, and handed the drugs to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Cannabis 1.7 t