A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer is facing several charges after he allegedly allowed a transport truck filled with millions of dollars worth of opium, cannabis, and tobacco to cross the border into Niagara Region, the RCMP says.<\/p>\n
In a news release issued Friday, the RCMP confirmed that the officer, who was employed at the Queenston-Lewiston port of entry in Niagara-on-the-Lake, was first arrested in January after he \u201cdid not follow CBSA policy\u201d when he permitted a truck filled with contraband to enter Canada.<\/p>\n
The driver of the transport truck was also arrested at that time, the news release confirmed.<\/p>\n
On March 6, the RCMP said, the CBSA officer, identified as Daniel Notarianni, and the driver, identified as Abhishek Abhishek, were charged with conspiracy to import a Schedule 1 substance, trafficking a controlled substance, importation of a Schedule 1 substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, distribution of a Schedule 1 substance, and transportation and possession of tobacco for the purpose of sale.<\/p>\n
Notarianni is expected to appear in court in Welland, Ont. on March 23, 2026, according to police. Abhishek is expected to appear in court on April 9, 2026. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis investigation highlights the strength of the partnership between the RCMP and the CBSA in maintaining a secure border. When the CBSA brought this information forward, our members were able to respond quickly and carry out a careful, impartial investigation,\u201d Superintendent Dale Foote said in the news release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe charges announced today reflect our commitment to upholding the law with integrity and consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer is facing several charges after he allegedly allowed a transport truck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-549475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549475","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=549475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}