Pubdate: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU) Copyright: 2010 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/letters.html Website: http://www.montrealgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274 RCMP SEIZES 7 TONNES OF HASH The Gazette The drug division of the RCMP seized a shipping container holding nearly seven tonnes of hash Sunday at an outdoor storage centre in LaSalle. Owners of the centre noticed the container parked on a semi-trailer in their yard for a few days and called police. The RCMP obtained a warrant to investigate, and found the hash hidden in cardboard boxes holding jeans. Inspectors could not give a street value estimate because prices vary widely from province to province and depending on quality. But if the drugs were sold at the average street price of $10 a gram, the seven tonnes would be worth $70 million. The RCMP is asking anyone with information to call the drug division at 514-939-8313. All calls are confidential. "Any piece of information could be helpful," said Cpl. Luc Thibault. "Sometimes people think it's nothing, but it turns out to be very important for us." The container bore the identifying code HJCU 8291013. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt