Record 228 kg of meth seized at Coutts border, worth $28.5M

Jan 27, 2021 | 11:12 AM

COUTTS, AB – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has made a record drug seizure.

On Christmas Day, 2020, officers referred a semi-truck hauling produce for further inspection.

While examining the shipment, CBSA officers claim that they uncovered 228.14 kg of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $28.5-million.

This translates to approximately 2,280,000 individual doses of meth.

“This is the CBSA’s largest seizure of methamphetamine at a land border crossing on record across Canada,” reads a statement from CBSA.

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“While many Canadians were celebrating Christmas at home, border services officers at Coutts remained on the front line to protect our country,” says Ben Tame, Director of the Southern Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan District of CBSA. “It is because of CBSA officers’ diligence while screening essential goods that this record amount of methamphetamine did not reach our streets or cause harm to our communities.”

Amarpreet Singh Sandhu, 38, of Calgary is charged with the importation of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking.

He was released from custody and will appear in Lethbridge Provincial Court on February 11, 2021.

by David Opinko