Halifax Border Officers Seize Nearly 250 Kilograms of Cocaine Hidden in Flatbread

Halifax Border Officers Seize Nearly 250 Kilograms of Cocaine Hidden in Flatbread
The Halifax skyline is seen from Dartmouth, N.S., on Aug. 15, 2009. Adrian Wyld/TCPI/The Canadian Press
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Border services officers seized almost 250 kilograms of cocaine concealed in flatbread inside a shipping container at a port in Halifax.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers initiated an investigation on March 3 that led to the seizure of 1,178 illicit packages in a shipping container at the Africville Seasides Marine Container Examination Facility in Halifax, according to a May 7 press release.
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William Hetherington
William Hetherington
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William Hetherington is a news reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.