The CBSA makes fifteen ketamine seizures in one month at the Léo-Blanchette Mail Processing Centre
News release
June 8, 2023 Montréal (Québec) Canada Border Services Agency
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping our communities safe.
The CBSA announces that between April 13 and May 14, 2023, officers at the Léo-Blanchette Mail Processing Centre in Montreal made fifteen seizures of ketamine for a total quantity of 89.8 kg. Ketamine is often used as a date rape drug, and is generally sold illegally in powder form. The total value of the ketamine seized was $6,076,000.
The drug was found in parcels from Germany, Hungary, Spain, Czechia and France. In all cases, the packages intercepted by border services officers were destined for addresses in Ontario.
Investigations are ongoing.
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"The safety and security of our communities is our top priority. Our work at the border is crucial to stopping illicit drugs from coming into Canada and to disrupting criminal activity. I want to thank CBSA employees for their quick and decisive action to keep our country safe."
– The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety
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For the latest enforcement statistics, visit Canada Border Services Agency seizures.
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If you have information about suspicious cross-border activity, please contact the CBSA Border Watch Line at 1-888-502-9060.
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Anyone with information about criminal activity is encouraged to contact their local police, the RCMP at 1-800-387-0020 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Contacts
Canada Border Services Agency
media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
1-877-761-5945 or 613-957-6500
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