Abbotsford border bust nets 52 bricks of drugs

A truck driver crossing into Canada allegedly tried to bring 52 bricks of drugs across the border at Abbotsford-Huntingdon last Thursday.

When Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers searched the commercial truck and trailer, they found two duffel bags full of bricks of suspected drugs.

Following an RCMP investigation, 47-year-old Khushwinder Singh Gill of Canada was charged with importation of cocaine, possession of cocaine, importation of heroin, and possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking.

Earlier this month, the CBSA said its agents had found nearly 128 kilograms of cocaine in a truck crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. into Windsor, Ont.

In 2025, Canadian border agents made 31,688 seizures of illegal drugs, totalling 83.2 tonnes. Cannabis (46,608 kilograms); cocaine and its derivatives (4,725 kilograms); heroin (128 kilograms); fentanyl (2.8 kilograms); and methamphetamine (2,397 kilograms) were the most commonly seized drugs.