Canadian border officials have made a massive drug bust after discovering over $11 million worth of cocaine on two transport trucks headed for Canada.
This year alone the Canada Border Services Agency’s Southern Ontario arm has prevented narcotics worth over $68 million from being trafficked into the country from the U.S. The seizures contradict U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the bulk of drugs being smuggled across the border were headed towards America from Canada.
CBSA’s Southern Ontario Regional Director General, Michael Prosia, said of the seizures:
“I want to thank our border services officers, our Intelligence team and the National Targeting Centre, and our RCMP partners who have been ever-vigilant in detecting and stopping illegal drugs from entering our country. Since the start of 2025, the CBSA in the Southern Ontario Region has seized over $68 million worth of narcotics coming from the United States.”
The latest CBSA seizure was announced this week after preventing over $11 million worth of cocaine from entering Canada at the Blue Water Bridge crossing in Point Edward, Ont.
According to the CBSA, the cocaine was concealed in two commercial transport trucks.
The first seizure occurred on Feb. 27 when a commercial truck coming from the United States was referred for a secondary examination. During the inspection, officers say they found 86 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
The RCMP have charged Pawandeep Dhillon, 34, of Innisfil, Ont., under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act with importation of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
A week later on March 6, 2025, the CBSA referred another tractor-trailer coming from the United States for a secondary examination and seized another 333 kilograms of cocaine from the trailer of the commercial load.
The RCMP have charged Ravinderbir Singh, 23, of Brampton, Ont., under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act with importation of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
The seizures highlight a growing trend of drugs moving northbound into Canada, despite Trump’s repeated claims that narcotics are flooding into the U.S. from Canada.
During his 2024 re-election campaign, Trump frequently asserted that drugs were “pouring over the northern border” and called for heightened security measures, using the claim as a justification for imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
Both matters are currently before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sarnia.