28,000 Ecstasy Tablets Seized - Joint Operation Between Codiac RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Moncton, N.B.

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Codiac Regional RCMP Street Drug Unit and Canada Border Services Agency have seized approximately 28 thousand tablets suspected of being ecstasy. The pills have a street value of between 750 thousand dollars and 1.1 million dollars. The seizure was made late Friday at a home in Moncton.
A 41 year old Moncton man was arrested and will be charged with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and smuggling related offences.
The package was first detected by Canada Border Services Agency officers in Vancouver. The package was being shipped from Scotland to a residential address in Moncton. Search warrants were executed late Friday by police and CBSA officers after the package had been delivered.
This significant seizure and arrest is part of the continuing efforts of the Codiac Regional RCMP Street Drug Unit in combating street level drug trafficking in our communities and keeping our youth safe. Police believe the drugs were destined for distribution to teenagers and young adults throughout the Atlantic Provinces. Tablets typically sell for between 20 and 40 dollars each.
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Constable Chantal Farrah
Codiac Regional RCMP
(857-2494)
File: 2007-1194431
Laurie Gillmore
Canada Border Services Agency - Atlantic Region
902-426-0900

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28,000 Ecstasy Tablets Seized - Joint Operation Between Codiac RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Moncton, N.B.

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