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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry in Southern Ontario stopped 266.4 kilograms of methamphetamine from entering Canada from the United States. An Ontario man has been charged by the RCMP in connection with the incident. CBSA photo
An Ontario man is facing drug-related charges after border officials seized more than 260 kilograms of methamphetamine from a commercial truck at the Canada-U.S. border earlier this month.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said the drugs were confiscated by its officers on Feb. 4 following a secondary inspection of a truck entering Canada from the United States at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry in Point Edward, Ont., near Sarnia.
A detector dog was brought in to help officers in their examination of the trailer which led to the discovery of 16 duffle bags suspected of containing methamphetamine, the border agency said in a Feb. 17 press release. The total weight of the drugs was 266.4 kilograms, which is equivalent to more than 587 pounds.
The driver was arrested by border officers and handed over to the RCMP.
Kulbir Singh, 29, of Woodstock, Ont., has been charged by the RCMP with importation of methamphetamine as well as possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.
The matter is currently under consideration by the Ontario Court of Justice in Sarnia, and the CBSA said the charges are contingent upon validation by the court.
RCMP Federal Policing Central Region Supt. Dale Foote said the drug seizure and arrest was another example of the two agencies working together.
“Organized crime groups rely on the proceeds of drug trafficking to fuel further criminal activity, and this seizure represents a major disruption to crime in southern Ontario,” he said in the press release. “Actions like this play an important role in keeping our communities safer.”
Drug Seizures
The CBSA in Southern Ontario has seized 616.5 kilograms of methamphetamine coming from the United States since Jan. 1, 2025, the agency said.
Methamphetamine is a potent synthetic stimulant that is highly addictive, primarily impacting the central nervous system and inducing intense feelings of euphoria by increasing dopamine release in the brain.
It can come in the form of a powder or as crystals or tablets and can be smoked, snorted, injected or swallowed. It is also known as ice, chalk, crank, and crystal meth.
Canada-wide CBSA statistics show border officers have seized more than 76 million grams of drugs in the first three quarters of fiscal 2025-2026 as well as more than 2.2 million doses of unidentified drugs and chemicals.
Falling under the 76 million grams is 1,007 grams of fentanyl, 3,705,608 grams of crack or cocaine, 94,842 grams of heroin, 307,920 grams of hash, and 1,018,460 grams of other opioids. More than 44 million grams of illegal cannabis products were also included in the total.
Canada shares the world’s longest undefended border with the United States, stretching nearly 9,000 kilometres across land and water. Drug seizures have been made at several ports of entry over the past year, including what Canada’s border agency has described as the largest narcotics seizure in the history of British Columbia’s Abbotsford-Huntingdon border crossing.
Canadian border guards caught a man attempting to smuggle a “significant amount” of methamphetamine from the United States at the B.C. crossing last November, the agency said in a Feb. 10 press release. Border officers found 12 boxes containing 314 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in the truck and trailer.
