Two adults are facing smuggling charges after being caught with drugs at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
According to the RCMP and CBSA, on Feb. 7, border officials examined a family arriving from Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The two parents were with their two children, aged 10 and 12.
During the examination of the travellers’ luggage, CBSA officers discovered about 7.7 kilograms of cocaine, 93 kilograms of cannabis and 218 grams of hashish.
A suitcase concealing cannabis was checked in under the ticket of a 12-year-old child, they added.
The CBSA estimates the value of the suspected drugs seized at over $1.6 million.
Police initiated an investigation, and have charged both parents from Brampton, Ontario, with three counts of Importation of a Controlled Substance contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and three counts of Conspiracy to Commit an Indictable Offence contrary to the Criminal Code.
Arrangements were made in consultation with Peel Children’s Aid Society to release both children to other family members.
The two adults were released on bail awaiting trial.
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