1,100 pills seized at Ambassador Bridge
Items seized by CBSA agents. (Source: Border Services SOR/X.)
Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers have seized 1,100 pills of various prescription drugs at the Ambassador Bridge.
Also seized was 7,500 grams of a controlled pesticide.
A photo of the haul was posted to X by agents.
The CBSA said the traveller was fined.
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