Pubdate: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 Source: Buffalo News (NY) Copyright: 2009 The Buffalo News Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/GXIzebQL Website: http://www.buffalonews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/61 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/coke.htm (Cocaine) 44 POUNDS OF COCAINE SEIZED FROM TRUCK AT PEACE BRIDGE FORT ERIE, Ont. -- Canadian border police seized 44 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $2.7 million, that had been concealed in a truck attempting to cross the Peace Bridge, officials announced today. Ontario public safety officials said it was the largest seizure of cocaine ever made in the Niagara Falls and Fort Erie section of the province. The drugs were confiscated last Saturday, when a truck driver attempting to cross at the Peace Bridge was referred for secondary inspection, according to a news release from the Canada Border Services Agency. The driver's cargo of parts for school buses was removed from the truck and examined by agency officers, who discovered 20 brick-shaped packages of cocaine hidden within two crates. The driver, a 27-year-old resident of Brampton, Ont., was arrested on charges of importing a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. His name was not released because the investigation is continuing, Jean D'Amelio Swyer, a spokeswoman for the agency, told The Buffalo News. Swyer said the agency waited until today to announce the news of the seizure and arrest because it took six days to prepare the news release. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin