CBSA seizes 140 pounds of cannabis at Halifax Stanfield International Airport
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Border officers at Halifax Stanfield International Airport say they seized 140 pounds of suspected cannabis on Monday, July 22, in luggage destined for the UK.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) intercepted four large suitcases around 10:30 in the morning, then located and boarded the associated aircraft, identified the two passengers, and arrested them for smuggling a controlled substance out of Canada.
The suspects were then escorted to CBSA detention cells inside the airport, assisted by officers of the Halifax Regional Police Airport Security Unit.
They were then interviewed by investigators from the Guns and Drugs Unit of the RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, leading to investigators seizing amounts of Canadian and American currency, as well as British pounds.
The suspects, who the RCMP identified as Rebekah Dublin, 22, and Shante Liverpool, 20, along with all evidence seized by the CBSA, were turned over to the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division for further investigation.
Reports of cannabis exports into the US and other markets are not uncommon. The CBSA reports seizing more than 23,553,038 grams of cannabis products in fiscal year 2023-2024 and 126,210 grams of hash.
The amount of such seizures has increased significantly in the past six years.
These numbers are up from 16,967,843 grams of cannabis products and 15,429 grams of hash in the previous year and 16,133,955 grams of cannabis products and 28,588 grams of hash in 2021-2022.