CBSA 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.
🇨🇦 Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia, Canada
CBSA officers examining an outbound container at the Port of Halifax on
5 September 2025 found four wooden crates of vacuum-sealed cannabis behind a
declared load of wire mesh bins.[1][2]The shipment was bound for a business
in the United Kingdom.[1][2]Officers counted 1,479 packages weighing
801.5 kg and handed the cannabis to the RCMP’s federal policing unit in Nova
Scotia for investigation.[1]
Although cannabis is legal in Canada, taking it across the border is a serious
criminal offence, punishable by up to five years under the Customs Act and up
to 14 under the Cannabis Act.[1]
Case data
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Staff at Collins Bay Institution, a federal prison in Kingston, Ontario, seized packages containing marijuana, cannabis concentrate and other contraband over six days between October 30 and November 4, 2026. Correctional Service Canada put the total institutional value of the mixed seizure at $593,253 and reported no weights, counts or arrests.
Staff at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal prison in Quebec, seized contraband including cannabis concentrate and marijuana on November 1, 2026. Correctional Service Canada put the total institutional value of the mixed seizure at $121,655 and reported no weights, counts, arrests or charges.
Ontario Provincial Police charged three men after searching an address in Midland, Ontario, on 27 October 2026, where officers looking for a wanted person found a loaded handgun, suspected cocaine and methamphetamine, and 63 grams of cannabis shatter. All three face firearm and drug charges and were held for court in Barrie; one is also charged with possessing cannabis for sale.
A joint RCMP, Peel Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency investigation led to the seizure of 95 kilograms of cannabis and charges against four Ontario men. The authorities described alleged offences involving export, distribution and sale, but did not disclose the suspected export route or destination.
