Canada seizes 170 kilos of cocaine in shipments from Guyana

Small, flat packages of cocaine found hidden within doubled-up boards on wooden pallets at the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on May 29. (CBSA photo)

Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested eight persons after seizing 170 kilos of cocaine, hidden in wooden pallets used to transport food from Guyana.

The cocaine, with an estimated street value of Cdn$21 million, was seized in two separate drug busts at the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, according to a news release from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). “Approximately 170 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in shipping containers that came through the Port of Saint John