A Calgary man charged with drug trafficking, importation and possession from an enormous seizure on the Coutts border is about to look in courtroom Thursday.
On Feb. 19, border officers mentioned they discovered and seized about 300 kilograms of methamphetamine inside a number of packing containers within the rear of a industrial transport car.
The medication have an approximate wholesale worth of $3.6 million, RCMP mentioned.
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“This important methamphetamine seizure, one of many company’s largest within the final 5 years, is a superb instance of our officers’ resolve in maintaining harmful medication out of our communities,” mentioned Canada Border Providers Company director Benjamin Tame.
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After an investigation by the Built-in Border Enforcement Group (IBET), RCMP, CBSA and Calgary Police Service (CPS), expenses had been laid below the Managed Medicine and Substances Act and the Customs Act.
Paramjit Laroyia, 49, a resident of Calgary, was charged Feb. 20 with possession of a managed substance for the aim of trafficking, importation of a managed substance, and smuggling into Canada.
Laroyia is scheduled to look in Lethbridge provincial courtroom on Thursday.
On Feb. 19, 2023, CBSA officers found and seized roughly 300 kg of methamphetamine following a secondary examination of a industrial transport car on the Coutts border crossing.
Equipped: RCMP
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