January 4, 2024 Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada Border Services Agency/Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are committed to safeguarding our country and keeping illegal and dangerous drugs from reaching our communities.
On March 29, 2023, CBSA officers at the Abbotsford International Airport seized two kilograms of methamphetamine and one kilogram of cocaine from a Mexican traveller seeking entry to Canada from Puerto Vallarta. The drugs were discovered within the false side of a suitcase after border services officers noticed anomalies in the luggage. The traveller was arrested and taken into custody by the RCMP's Federal Serious and Organized Crime Unit.
On November 27, 2023, Martha Alvarado-Lopez was sentenced to six years of imprisonment for the following charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:
- Importation of a Controlled Substance contrary to section 6(1); and
- Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking, contrary to section 5(2).
