CBSA seizes over 200 kilograms of cocaine off a ship from Panama

CBSA seizes over 200 kilograms of cocaine off a ship from Panama

Canada News Centre
27 Nov 2025, 00:30 GMT+

November 26, 2025

Vancouver, British Columbia

On September 3, 2025, CBSA Border Services Officers in Metro Vancouver Commercial Operations seized 78 bricks of cocaine, weighing 204.5 kg, from a marine shipment from Panama.

With the support of CBSA's Detector Dog Team, Borders Services Officers found the drugs covered in a white paste and concealed within containers of red liquid, declared as paint pigment.

The drugs were transferred to the RCMP Federal Policing - Pacific Region, Drugs and Organized Crime for further investigation.

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