Officers seize 380 kg of drugs declared as bath tissue at Alberta-U.S. border
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COUTTS – About 380 kilograms of suspected drugs allegedly declared as bath tissue have been seized at the Alberta-U.S. border.
The Canada Border Services Agency says officers apprehended what is believed to be 300 kilograms of methamphetamine and 80 kilograms of cocaine.
It says officers stopped a commercial truck at the Coutts border crossing along the border on July 2.
The border agency says the truck was destined for Vilna, a village northeast of Edmonton, with the drugs concealed in moving boxes and a duffel bag.
Border officers arrested the driver and the drugs were handed over to the RCMP.
The agency says officers in Alberta seized more than 1,300 kilograms of meth and cocaine last year.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 29, 2026.