Saint John, New Brunswick
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are securing our borders by collaborating on investigations to prevent drug smuggling and organized crime.
On September 16, 2025, following a referral from the CBSA's Export Team in Halifax, Nova Scotia, border services officers in Saint John, New Brunswick, conducted an examination on a marine container leaving Canada via the Port of Saint John. The contents of the shipment were falsely declared as empty plastic bottles, and destined to a business in the United Kingdom.
During the examination, border services officers detected 16 large cardboard boxes filled with suspected cannabis. A total of 399 packages of vacuum-sealed cannabis were seized, weighing 218 kilograms.
