Two separate drug busts at the Blue Water Bridge’s Canadian port of entry netted nearly 770 pounds of cocaine.
Border Patrol officers in Canada discovered and seized the cocaine in a pair of stops at the Blue Water Bridge, a major international crossing between Port Huron, Mich., and Point Edward, Ontario. The estimated street value of the drugs is 43.7 million Canadian dollars — roughly $31.6 million in U.S. currency.
The Canada Border Services Agency announced Wednesday that the first seizure occurred on Aug. 13 when a commercial truck from the U.S. tried to cross the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron to enter Canada.
We are keeping harmful drugs off the street. #CBSA officers at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry prevented $43.7M of cocaine from entering Canada from the U.S. #BorderSecurity.
LINK : https://t.co/68ag8EHCBa pic.twitter.com/tUWR6knswo— Canada Border Services Agency (@CanBorder) September 3, 2025
Authorities instructed the driver to pull over for a secondary trailer inspection. During the search, border services officers found what they suspected to be cocaine concealed in six brown boxes.
The total weight of the narcotics was 150 kilograms, with an estimated street value of $18.8 million, the CBSA said in a news release.
The driver of the semi-truck, Gurjeet Singh, 28, of Brampton, Ontario, was arrested and transferred into the custody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
A day later, on Aug. 14, the CBSA intercepted more cocaine on another tractor-trailer coming from the United States. Officers arrested Abdikadir Egal, 38, of Etobicoke, Ontario, and transferred him and the narcotics to the custody of the RCMP.
Border officers told the driver to pull over for a secondary examination and discovered 199 kilograms of suspected cocaine in the trailer of the commercial load. The drugs have an estimated street value of $24.9 million.
Both Singh and Egal were charged by Canadian officials for importing cocaine and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, which could lead to life in prison.
The investigations are ongoing and both matters are currently before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sarnia, Ontario.
The Blue Water Bridge spans the St. Clair River and one of the fastest links between the Midwest and Ontario, as well as the Northeast United States.
CBSA said from Jan. 1 to Aug. 20, 2025, the CBSA has seized 1,424 kilograms of cocaine from the U.S., compared to 878 kilograms from all other countries combined — 62% of seized cocaine came from the U.S., according to the news release.
“So far this year, border services officers at land ports of entry in Southern Ontario have seized more than 1.52 tonnes of cocaine coming from the United States,” said Michael Prosia, Regional Director General, Southern Ontario Region, Canada Border Services Agency.
Although Canadian border officers intercepted the drugs, the discovery comes amid the Trump administration’s national and international crackdown on drug cartels bringing drugs into the country.
On Tuesday, the U.S. military conducted a targeted strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics and killing 11 people, Reuters reported.
The United States has deployed warships in the southern Caribbean in recent weeks with the aim of following through on a pledge by President Donald Trump to crack down on drug cartels.
Speaking to reporters, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: “These particular drugs were probably headed to Trinidad or some other country in the Caribbean.”
“Suffice it to say that the president is going to be on offense against drug cartels and drug trafficking in the United States,” Rubio added.
Trump later shared a video on his Truth Social platform that appeared to show footage from overhead drones of a speedboat at sea exploding and then on fire.
The U.S. military had identified the crew as members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. designated a terrorist group in February, according to Trump.
He repeated allegations that Tren de Aragua is being controlled by Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, accusations that Caracas denies, Reuters reported.
“And there’s more where that came from,” Trump said. “We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time … These came out of Venezuela.”
Last month, the United States doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Maduro to $50 million, accusing him of links to drug trafficking and criminal groups, Reuters reported.
Trump also has put pressure on Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to take down the country’s powerful drug organizations operating in her country and threatened U.S. military intervention. Last week, Mexican lawmakers were caught on video getting into a physical altercation over the idea.
The two leaders have been in talks to reach a security agreement to expand cooperation in the fight against cartels. In mid-August, around the time of this Canadian discovery, Mexican officials also agreed to hand over 26 top cartel leaders to the United States to face a range of federal and state criminal charges for drug trafficking.
