TORONTO — Toronto police say the biggest cocaine bust of their historical past appears to be like to be tied to a infamous Mexican cartel.
Supt. Paul MacIntyre says police seized 835 kilograms of cocaine that has the “hallmarks” of the Jalisco New Era Cartel.
MacIntyre says greater than half of the medicine seized within the investigation allegedly got here from a single tractor-trailer from Mexico stopped on this facet of the Canada-U.S. border.
He says the investigation, relationship again to August 2024, additionally noticed police perform search warrants at alleged “stash homes.”
Police allege the six folks arrested, together with two from Mexico and 4 Canadians, are “high-level” drug distributors.
Police are looking for one man from Niagara Falls, and two others from Mexico who’re believed to have fled Canada.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 21, 2025.
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