CBSA 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.
🇨🇦 Port of Montréal, Quebec · Quebec, Canada
Cannabis
1.7 t
Value (official estimate)
CAD 36,000,000
Canada Border Services Agency officers at the Port of Montréal found more than
1,700 kg of hashish, with an estimated street value of over C$36 million, in a
shipping container from South Africa on 27 January 2010; the agency announced
the seizure on 18 February.[1]The drugs were divided into 864 packets
concealed in the false bottoms of wooden crates holding statues and masks, and
18 of the 19 inspected crates contained hashish.[1]
Inspection history
Officers had examined the same container in July 2009 and returned it to its
country of origin because its wood packaging failed Canada’s plant-health
requirements.[1]This time officers flagged the goods for routine inspection,
confirmed the hashish in an in-depth physical examination, and handed the drugs
to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.[1]
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