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Border Patrol Agents in Idaho seize cocaine, meth near Canadian border

Nelson Daily Staff
By Nelson Daily Staff
October 28th, 2020

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Bonners Ferry Station seized five duffel bags of narcotics valued at approximately $2.16 million just south of the United States/Canada border on Friday a news release on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website said.

The media release said Border Patrol agents were alerted to suspicious activity on a remote forest service road near the Canadian border with the responding to the area locating two individuals who were concealing themselves.  

The media release said as the agent approached the individuals, they fled into Canada. The agent located the duffel bags near the location where the individuals were hiding. 

The duffel bags were found to contain 84 pounds of cocaine, valued at approximately $1.2 million and 198 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at approximately $960,000.

Border Patrol provided the Idaho State Police with a description of the vehicle, a dark colored Range Rover, which was observed leaving the area of the smuggling event. 

Idaho State Police quickly located the suspect vehicle along Highway 95. 

The driver was taken into custody in connection with the narcotics smuggling and the vehicle was seized by Border Patrol.

The two individuals who fled into Canada were apprehended by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and are being held pending further investigation. 

The U.S. Border Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration are collaborating on this investigation and pending criminal charges on the subject arrested in the United States. 

The U.S. Border Patrol is also working with RCMP regarding the two subjects arrested in Canada

“Cocaine and Methamphetamine are ravaging our communities,” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent David BeMiller. 

 “Border Patrol agents are committed to preventing dangerous drugs and associated crime from destroying families and communities on both sides of the border.”

Border Patrol agents in Idaho seized cocaine and meth that was abandoned by smugglers as they  fled to Canada. — Photo courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

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