Border officer charged after truck full of opium, cannabis, tobacco crosses into Ontario: RCMP

A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer is facing several charges after he allegedly allowed a transport truck filled with millions of dollars worth of opium, cannabis, and tobacco to cross the border into Niagara Region, the RCMP says.

In a news release issued Friday, the RCMP confirmed that the officer, who was employed at the Queenston-Lewiston port of entry in Niagara-on-the-Lake, was first arrested in January after he “did not follow CBSA policy” when he permitted a truck filled with contraband to enter Canada.

The driver of the transport truck was also arrested at that time, the news release confirmed. ---More...

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October 2025: CBSA officer Daniel Notarianni, RECEIVES THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL AWARD

January 2026: ARRESTED for letting a truck full of MILLIONS in opium, cannabis, and tobacco into Canada

3 months between Canada’s highest honour and drug trafficking charges

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— Mario Zelaya (@mario4thenorth)March 20, 2026

January 2026: ARRESTED for letting a truck full of MILLIONS in opium, cannabis, and tobacco into Canada

3 months between Canada’s highest honour and drug trafficking charges