CBSA seizes 112 kg of opium at Pacific Highway commercial border crossing

The Canada Border Services Agency says officers seized 112 kilograms of opium earlier this year after examining a commercial truck at the Pacific Highway Commercial Operations port of entry in Surrey.

According to a CBSA statement, border services officers inspected the truck on Jan. 9 after observing what the agency described as an anomaly in the trailer as the driver returned to Canada from the United States.

During the examination, officers found cardboard boxes that did not match the type of packaging typically used to transport produce. A detector dog team was deployed and gave a positive indication on the boxes, the agency said.

Officers then discovered 108 bricks of opium with a combined weight of about 112 kilograms. The CBSA said the narcotics and the driver were transferred to the RCMP Federal Policing Pacific Region’s Drugs and Organized Crime Section.

The investigation remains ongoing, according to the CBSA. The agency did not release the driver’s identity or say whether charges have been laid.