Smugglers at Peace Bridge Might Have Got Away With $2 Million Worth of Illegal Cannabis if it Weren’t for a Meddling Mutt

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized millions of dollars worth of illicit cannabis after a search on Thursday yielded a massive stash at the Peace Bridge.

The discovery was made by CBP officers at the Port of Buffalo when a cannabis-nosed police K9 signaled two commercial shipments to be suspicious, WIVB.com reports. When the shipments, labeled as “numerical control machines,” were subsequently searched, they were found to contain metal cabinets that had been screwed tightly shut.

Officers managed to open the cabinets, which revealed multiple vacuum-sealed bags filled with more than 250 kilograms of dried cannabis flower with a street value of more than U$2 million (about C$ 2.67 million).

“Our CBP officers have remained enforcement-focused and have yet again disrupted criminal activity,” Port Director Jennifer De La O said in a statement. “The outstanding work of our frontline officers and K9 teams have been instrumental in the interdiction of narcotics ensuring these dangerous drugs never reach our communities.”

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