{"id":530751,"date":"2026-03-12T05:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/530751\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:34:13","slug":"brampton-man-charged-after-drugs-found-at-saskatchewan-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/530751\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton man charged after drugs found at Saskatchewan border crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A search of a vehicle as it left the U.S. and entered Canada uncovered 67 grams of opium and has led to charges against a Brampton man.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Estevan RCMP discovered the drugs at the North Portal point of entry in western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The border crossing connects the City of Portal, North Dakota, with the Village of North Portal in Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CBSA conducted a search on March 4 and discovered 67 grams of opium in the possession of a man attempting to enter Canada at the North Portal port of entry. The Estevan RCMP were then contacted to continue the criminal investigation,\u201d according to the CBSA.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, 53-year-old Iqbal Kahlon of Brampton was charged with unlawfully importing a Schedule I substance and smuggling goods into Canada.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to appear in Estevan Provincial Court on March 20.<\/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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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: 32,421 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,255,674 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1256 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":"A search of a vehicle as it left the U.S. and entered Canada uncovered 67 grams of opium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-530751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-brampton","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530751","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=530751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}