Border officials seize $250K worth of steroids
A Halifax man is facing drug-related charges after more than $250,000 worth of steroids was seized, the Canada Border Services Agency announced Friday.
The man is charged with possessing, smuggling, importing, trafficking and distributing steroids under the Customs Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, for offences that allegedly occurred between 2010 and 2012.
The Canada Border Services Agency said the investigation started when steroids were intercepted in multiple postal seizures in Vancouver.
The packages were all destined for Halifax.
Officers in Halifax then searched the man's residence, vehicle and storage locker and seized $23,000 in cash and approximately $250,000 in steroids and items used to distribute steroids.
"Thanks to the excellent work of border services officers and our investigators, thousands of single doses of this kind of illegal and very dangerous drug will not be distributed across the country," Andrew LeFrank, the regional director of the Canada Border Services Agency, said in a statement.
"CBSA is committed to protecting our communities and keeping drugs out of our country and off our streets."
