Overshadowed by the big terrorism bust in Toronto, is this little item, about a joint Canadian Military, RCMP, and others regarding the biggest drug bust I have ever heard of! Even bigger than the ones we monitored from the Trackers back in '95! 20 tonnes of hash! A metric tonne is about 25% bigger than a US ton. Wow! And the repercussions are no doubt still falling out! I can imagine a whole bunch of drug lords in Pakistan are going to be looking for safe havens. Lets not bring them to Canada eh! And I am betting this will spell a serious blow to the "West End Gang". (Oh well, I expect they will just raise the price of table dances to cover the loss...)
(Wonder if they will burn it. I may have to find that smokestack!)
So why am I putting this on this blog? Well, it seems most news agencies don't want to report the good stuff, the successes! So I will. So, "WAY TO GO" Commander Courtourier!
cut and past from the hero's site...
Frigate part of high-seas drug sting
Last updated Jun 6 2006 09:03 AM ADTCBC News
A navy frigate helped RCMP seize 20 tonnes of hashish off the coast of Africa, which investigators say was destined for a Canadian market.
RCMP announced the drug bust on Monday, three weeks after it occurred.
The team spent 43 days at sea, according to RCMP, with HMCS Fredericton assisting in the investigation.
"We do have sensors that are unique to the navy that no other maritime platform can provide, which allow us to see what's happening and listen without actually being close by," said Cmdr. Gilles Coutourier, who is in charge of the frigate.
The hash was processed in Pakistan, put on a boat, and transferred to another one off the coast of Angola, said RCMP spokesman André Potvin.
But RCMP officers were crewing that boat.
"We were simply given a location off the coast of Angola to meet up with the tugboat and then to receive the 989 bails of cannabis resin from their ship onto ours. And from that point on, obviously, control all of those drugs to come into Canada," Potvin told reporters.
The shipment was destined for the Montreal market, said Sylvain l'Heureux of the RCMP.
Officers transported the hash into Canada, according to RCMP, even loading some of it onto a truck and delivering it to an unnamed location in the Montéregie area.
RCMP deliberately waited till the illegal drugs hit land before making any arrests.
Three Quebecers were arrested last week, including a father and son, who investigators say are connected to Montreal's West End Gang. More arrests are expected in the coming days.
RCMP say more than 250 officers from six provinces, including Nova Scotia, and close to 200 navy personnel took part in the investigation.
2 comments:
That's awesome! I didn't realize you knew that much about drugs.
20 tonnes of hashish! This would supply the pot heads in the high schools of Montreal, Toronto, Halifax and points between for months! A single gramme tucked into a cigarette would have about the same impact as a beer. 10 grammes would waste an evening! 20 tonnes! Lordy Lordy Lordy! Thats a lot!
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