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Adrian MorrowStaff reporterPolice have seized C’dn$40 million worth of cocaine and arrested one suspect,Chicago Cubs Carlos Zambrano Jersey, a Guyanese,New York Mets Steven Matz Jersey, in one of the largest busts in Ontario’s history.The cocaine was smuggled inside boxes of hot sauce sent from Guyana and destined for an Etobicoke food store. The drug was inserted into the cardboard dividers inside the boxes, police say.Border guards uncovered the cocaine during an inspection of a freighter arriving in St. John, New Brunswick on December 8. Agents found the cocaine in 551 of the 1,St. Louis Cardinals Matt Holliday Jersey,250 boxes of sauce on board.In total, they found 276 kilograms of cocaine which,Los Angeles Dodgers Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey, when cut and resold by street-level drug dealers, could amount to as much as 400 kilograms of the drug.The hot sauce bottles in which the cocaine was found They removed most of the cocaine,Cleveland Indians Satchel Paige Jersey, but allowed two kilograms to be delivered to Caribbean International Food Distributors in Etobicoke. When the boxes were loaded into a storage facility on December 19, a male suspect was arrested.The cocaine has been tested by Health Canada and found to be 80 per cent pure, said Insp. Tom Cameron of the Durham Regional Police.He said the cocaine seizure might be the largest in Ontario.Mahendrapaul Doodnauth,New York Mets Wilmer Flores Jersey, 45,Texas Rangers Ike Davis Jersey, the Toronto-based Guyanese,Boston Red Sox Nomar Garciaparra Jersey, is charged with importing cocaine,Texas Rangers Josh Hamilton Jersey, conspiracy to import cocaine and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.He was scheduled to appear in court today. |
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