CBSA seizes 246 kilos of cocaine at B.C. border [Video]

Canadian border officials in British Columbia have seized nearly a quarter-tonne of cocaine that was coming into the province in three separate smuggling incidents in recent weeks, according to the agency.

All three shipments were discovered inside commercial trucks, yielding a combined haul of 246 kilograms of the drug with an estimated street value of $6.6 million, the Canada Border Services Agency said in a news release Monday.

The first seizure was made on Oct. 18, when border guards discovered 82 kilograms of cocaine in a truck entering Canada at the Pacific Highway port of entry in Surrey, according to the agency.

Two weeks later, another truck stopped at the same crossing was found to contain 119 kilograms of cocaine hidden under some lumber and a tarp.

Finally, on Nov. 9, border guards at the nearby Aldergrove crossing uncovered approximately 45 kilograms of cocaine stashed in two bags inside the …