Border Services seize cocaine found in pineapples; Toronto man charged

Posted January 26, 2012 6:58 am.

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The Canada Border Services Agency is probing the discovery of cocaine in nine kilograms of pineapples that they believe were en route to Toronto.

The fruit was seized in Saint John, N.B., and turned over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

A 26-year-old man from Toronto is facing charges of importing cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking.

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