methamphetamine have been seized in Metro Vancouver, cached in 419 canola oil jugs bound for export to Australia.The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made four separate busts between December and the end of May, one of which was the agency’s “single largest methamphetamine seizure to date,” according to Metro Vancouver District Pacific Region director Rahul Coelho.“During the examinations, officers noticed anomalies in these shipments,” Coelho said in a Tuesday press conference.“Our officers used a wide range of detection tools and technology for assistance.
That includes x-ray imaging and detector dogs.”Five Australian citizens have been arrested in connection with the operation, as well as one American citizen.The first seizure took place on Dec.
13, 2022, at the Burnaby Container Examination Facility and Commercial Operations. Officers from the CBSA’s Metro Vancouver District Marine Operations seized 40 jugs containing 204 kg of crystal meth.The second took place on Jan.
22 at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility and Commercial Operations. Officers found 180 jugs containing 2,907 kg of liquid methamphetamine — the largest bust in the organization’s history, with enough meth to fill 35 large suitcases, the CBSA said.On May 3, at the same facility, officers found another 19 jugs with 325 kg of liquid meth.