{"id":530651,"date":"2026-03-12T04:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/530651\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:33:15","slug":"large-amounts-of-cocaine-arrive-at-toronto-pearson-airport-on-flights-from-caribbean-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/530651\/","title":{"rendered":"Large amounts of cocaine arrive at Toronto Pearson Airport on flights from Caribbean nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada border services officers have seized a significant amount of cocaine in two recent busts at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada Border Services Agency said on Wednesday its officers found more than 100 kilograms of suspected cocaine hidden inside pieces of luggage that had arrived on two separate flights from Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>The agency didn\u2019t say on what dates the flights arrived, nor did it say if any arrests were made.<\/p>\n<p>The CBSA did say the drugs, potentially worth an estimated millions of dollars, were turned over to the RCMP and that the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>While the federal agency didn\u2019t reveal the estimated street value of the seized drugs, 100 kilograms of cocaine might draw a return on the street of anywhere from a few million dollars to $10 million or more (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/3-3m-in-cocaine-seized-2-people-arrested-at-toronto-pearson-airport-in-mississauga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">based on previous drug busts<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStreet prices for illegal drugs are sensitive to factors such as their purity, how they are cut and sold, and fluctuating levels of local supply and demand,\u201d a CBSA spokesperson told INsauga.com in an earlier email. \u201cIt is difficult to quantify street price estimates as there is no one formula that can account for all variables at any point in time. For this reason, the CBSA does not communicate street values for its controlled drugs and substances seizures unless they have been methodically validated for specific legal proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773286575_234_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated incident, authorities at Canada\u2019s biggest and busiest airport seized 11.88 kilograms of cocaine last Dec. 12 after checking a traveller who\u2019d arrived on a flight from Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Both the passenger and drugs in that case were turned over to the Mounties, the border services agency said earlier.<\/p>\n<p>(Cover photo: Canada Border Services Agency X)<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 32,363 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,255,609 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1238 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are high gas prices changing your travel routines?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada border services officers have seized a significant amount of cocaine in two recent busts at Toronto Pearson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-530651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}