Canadian border police announced the seizure of approximately 2.5 tons of opium hidden in containers in the port of Vancouver in western Canada.
“This is the agency’s largest opium seizure to date,” the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) said on Friday.
The body did not specify the origin of the drug or whether it was an arrest. But he said the investigation, launched in September by the federal police, is continuing.
According to the CBSA’s statement, which provided the photos, 2,486 pounds of opium was discovered using X-ray technology after a “extensive physical examination” found irregularities on the pallets of 19 shipping containers.
Vancouver is Canada’s largest port and Asia’s main gateway for goods.
Canada and the United States have suffered for years from a large influx of opioids such as fentanyl, which has been illegally shipped from Asia and is a major public health concern in both countries.
Between 2019 and 2021, the number of opioid overdoses among teens ages 10 to 18 in the United States more than doubled, according to a study published Thursday by U.S. health officials.
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