The RCMP believes that more than 80 kilograms of cocaine seized off a ship at the port in Valleyfield last weekend was destined for Toronto and Vancouver.
According to a statement issued by the Mounties, a shipment 81 kilos of what they suspect was cocaine was found inside the hold of a vessel from Guyana that has arrived at the port, which is west of Montreal. The seizure was part of an investigation by the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency.
Four people were arrested when the shipment was seized and two of them, Roldan De Gorio Tito, 36, and Nazir Ahmad Hussain, 48, have been charged with conspiracy to import drugs for the purpose of trafficking.