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40 kilos of cannabis in suitcase bound for England from Toronto

Published on November 22, 2024 by oz. staff

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) found about 40 kilograms of cannabis concealed inside a Canadian traveller's luggage.

Luggage containing 40 kilograms of cannabis didn’t make it onto a flight from Toronto to London, England.

The contents were detected by Canada Border Services Agency guards at Pearson airport on Oct. 15 and turned over to the RCMP.

A 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with with export contrary to section 11(2) of the Cannabis Act. He appeared for a hearing and was released on an undertaking to appear in Brampton court on Nov. 28, police said in a news release on Nov. 15.

“It is illegal to carry any amount of cannabis on international flights and amounts exceeding personal use, on domestic flights,” said Insp. John McMath officer in charge of the Pearson airport detachment, in the release.

“Although cannabis has been legalized and regulated in Canada, it remains illegal to bring it into or take it out of the country,” said Lisa Jones, regional director general of the CBSA.