Largest single-drug seizure in OPP history

The OPP is the provincial police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. 1,062 kg of pure cocaine were seized.

Links:

http://www.opp.ca/index.php?id=115&entryid=59a40c988f94ac1564ba7a1c

http://www.opp.ca/tms/entrydata.php?fnc=3&_id=59a40dcb8f94ac9165ba7a1c

This morning's OPP press conference revealed that two of the three people charged are Canadian residents; the third is from Costa Rica.

The cocaine was hidden in numerous pieces of quartzite stone that were shipped from Argentina on pallets.

The method used for concealment was to cut a piece of stone in half to pack a brick of cocaine. Not all the quartzite stones contained cocaine.

The largest brick found was 6 kg. Most bricks were 1 kg.

The importation appears to have started in 2014. This most recent seizure occurred at the beginning of May.

Law enforcement seized the contents of storage facilities and warehouses in north Toronto, Brampton (suburb outside of Toronto), and Stoney Creek (also in Ontario).

Although Ontario was the destination for the cocaine, law enforcement believes the coke would have been distributed in other parts of Canada.

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