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US Border Control finds 266 pounds of cocaine heading to Canada

August 6, 2024

US Border Services has found 266 pounds of cocaine in the wall of a truck bound for Canada.

In a news release, officials say an x-ray scan and physical inspection of an outbound tractor trailer was conducted by officers and a K-9 team. They found 100 bricks of suspected narcotics concealed behind a false wall in the trailer. It was confirmed to be cocaine through subsequent testing. 

The cocaine the truck and trailer were seized. The driver, a Canadian citizen, will face prosecution in St. Clair County. The driver’s name has not yet been released.

US Homeland Security is still investigating the incident.

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Wallaceburg woman charged in hit and run death 

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