Police arrested two Canadian travellers after nearly 25 kilograms of meth hidden in suitcases were seized during two separate incidents last month at Vancouver International Airport, according to Canadian border officials.
The drug’s street value was estimated at $1.25 million at the time of the two separate seizures, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said in a press release Wednesday.
CBSA officers confiscated a total of 24.84 kilograms of meth hidden in passenger suitcases bound for Sydney, Australia.
In the first incident, border officers seized 10 kg of meth from a Canadian citizen on July 27.
“The methamphetamine was concealed in false sided compartments of two suitcases,” read the release.
In a separate incident on July 29, officers confiscated 14.84 kg of meth from a Canadian traveller’s suitcase.
“Upon examination of the suitcase, officers discovered a …