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CBSA Announces 209-Kilogram Opium Seizure at Burnaby Container Facility

CBSA credits intelligence-led targeting for the find.

Overview

  • Officers discovered the drugs on March 26 after the National Targeting Centre referred a container from the United Arab Emirates.
  • The opium was concealed inside an 11,000-kilogram piece of commercial machinery at the Burnaby Container Examination Facility.
  • A CBSA Detector Dog Team supported the targeted examination that uncovered the shipment.
  • The agency released video of the operation, and the investigation remains ongoing.
  • The 209-kilogram haul amounts to nearly half of the 448 kilograms of opioids CBSA reported seizing nationwide last fiscal year.