The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are securing our borders by collaborating on investigations to prevent illegal drug smuggling and organized crime.
On September 5, 2025, CBSA border services officers, with the assistance of CBSA intelligence officers, conducted an export examination on a marine container leaving Canada via the Port of Halifax. The contents of the shipment were declared as wire mesh bins, and destined to a business in the United Kingdom.
During the examination, border services officers discovered four wood crates filled with suspected cannabis. A total of 1,479 packages of vacuum-sealed dried cannabis were seized, weighing 801.5 kilograms.
The cannabis and all evidence were transferred to the RCMP Eastern Region Federal Policing (Nova Scotia) for further investigation.
Although cannabis is legal in Canada, the illicit cross-border movement of cannabis is a serious criminal offence, punishable with imprisonment of up to 5 years under the Customs Act and up to 14 years under the Cannabis Act. Cannabis smuggling supports organized crime and helps fund other illegal activities, such as narcotics and weapons smuggling.
https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2025/10/cbsa-seize…