The amount of meth seized equates to approximately 2.28 million doses (Photo supplied by the CBSA)

By David Opinko

Drug Seizure

Record 228 kg of meth, worth $28.5M, seized at Coutts border crossing

Jan 27, 2021 | 12:33 PM

COUTTS, AB – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has made a record drug seizure.

On Christmas Day, 2020, officers referred a semi-truck hauling produce for further inspection.

While examining the shipment, CBSA officers say they uncovered 228.14 kg of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $28.5-million.

This translates to approximately 2,280,000 individual doses of meth.

The CBSA says this is the largest seizure of methamphetamine at a land border crossing on record in Canada, beating the previous record seizure of approximately 200 kg on December 24, 2019 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario.

“It is because of CBSA officers’ diligence while screening essential goods that this record amount of methamphetamine did not reach our streets or cause harm to our communities,” said Ben Tame, Director of the Southern Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan District of CBSA.

Amarpreet Singh Sandhu, 38, of Calgary is charged with the importation of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking.

He was released from custody and will appear in Lethbridge Provincial Court on February 11, 2021.