CBP seizes 2,410 lbs of cannabis at Buffalo's Peace Bridge
CBP officers at Buffalo's Peace Bridge found 2,145 vacuum-sealed packages holding 2,410 lbs of cannabis in a 20-pallet commercial shipment on 15 October 2020, valued at over $8 million; Homeland Security Investigations took over the case.
🇺🇸 Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New York · United States
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Buffalo stopped a commercial shipment of
20 pallets at the Peace Bridge for examination on 15 October 2020 and found 2,145 vacuum-sealed
packages of marijuana weighing 2,410 lbs (about 1,093 kg).[1]The agency put the street value of
the load at more than $8 million.[1]Port Director Jennifer De La O tied the seizure to record
narcotics results for the Buffalo Field Office, which made over 1,600 seizures totalling more than
42,000 lbs in the year to 30 September 2020.[1]
StratCann reported that the load came in from Canada while the border was closed to all but
essential traffic during the pandemic, and said U.S. authorities had captured more than 40,000 lbs
of Canada-origin cannabis, worth nearly $100 million, since the previous October.[2]The outlet
priced this seizure at about $5 a gram.[2]The case was referred to Homeland Security
Investigations.[1]
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