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Judi Lynn

(164,122 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:31 AM Feb 2019

Sinaloa Cartel: Police find meth smuggled into Canada through new Ford cars built in Mexico [View all]

Source: Borderland Beat/The Canadian Press

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat Thank you 'Tu Fren' from The Canadian Press


Police find meth smuggled into Canada through new Ford cars built in Mexico. Police bust international meth import operation. The investigation started when OPP received reports from Ford dealerships in Ontario about odd spare tires found in Ford Fusions.



VAUGHAN, Ont. -- Police say they have busted an alleged drug smuggling operation where methamphetamine was being hidden in new cars built in Mexico that were then transported by rail to Canada.

Ontario Provincial Police say employees at four Ford dealerships discovered the drugs stashed within spare tires that didn't match the cars.

They worked with the car company in December and found vehicles that had been dispersed to Quebec and New Brunswick.

Police say they found 180 kilograms of meth during the investigation.


Read more: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/02/sinaloa-cartel-police-find-meth.html

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Well its not a new tire and presumeably the cars were inspected before loading... Historic NY Feb 2019 #1
My money is on the meth being loaded in the United States, via over-land freight. nt DRoseDARs Feb 2019 #3
I bet it is the opposite: loaded in Mex to be unloaded in USA. Connection missed. Explains used tire Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #9
This is an actual ford Fusion option spare tire.... Historic NY Feb 2019 #11
The Mexican Connection. edbermac Feb 2019 #2
Yeah, no crappy Ford product is strong enough to break through a wall. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #8
The wall needs to be very tall to stop some of those monster SUVs with giant tires lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #16
Thousands of dollars worth of drugs being smuggled, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2019 #4
Oh. I thought that was part of the Ford option package jberryhill Feb 2019 #5
LOL Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #6
It's the first time in 30 years I've gotten any speed out of a Ford jberryhill Feb 2019 #7
Great! Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #12
that is pretty funny PupCamo Feb 2019 #19
Global free trade at it's best Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #10
I'm always amazed at the depts of the drug trade DirtEdonE Feb 2019 #13
Many cartels have given up on marijuana for that reason IronLionZion Feb 2019 #14
Canada needs to build a wall to keep out Ford cars IronLionZion Feb 2019 #15
I wonder, who was supposed to find them? treestar Feb 2019 #17
Just wondering, oneshooter Feb 2019 #18
possibly PupCamo Feb 2019 #20
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