{"id":549582,"date":"2026-03-20T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549582\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:06:09","slug":"ontario-border-officer-arrested-in-drug-trafficking-import-case-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549582\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario border officer arrested in drug trafficking, import case \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE \u2013 An Ontario border officer has been arrested in a drug trafficking investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The officer and a driver who allegedly brought a truck load of drugs and tobacco across the border are facing the same charges, including for drug trafficking and import.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RCMP say the border officer was arrested in January after he allegedly broke policy and allowed a transport truck with contraband into Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69bd652d7d9bc15f914c3802jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2000\" data-pswp-height=\"1333\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69bd652d7d9bc15f914c3802jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge connecting Niagara Falls, Ont. and Niagara Falls, N.Y. photographed on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.  THE CANADIAN PRESS\/ Tijana Martin\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Lewiston-Queenston Bridge connecting Niagara Falls, Ont. and Niagara Falls, N.Y. photographed on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.  THE CANADIAN PRESS\/ Tijana Martin<\/p>\n<p>Police say the truck contained millions of dollars\u2019 worth of opium, cannabis products and tobacco.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began after Canada Border Services Agency shared information with police about the agent employed at the Queenston-Lewiston entry in Niagara-on-the-Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both the officer and driver were scheduled to appear in court this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 20, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE \u2013 An Ontario border officer has been arrested in a drug trafficking investigation.\u00a0 The officer and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-549582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549582","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=549582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}