News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: Record Seizure Of Ecstasy Barely Dents Trade In Drug |
| Title: | CN ON: Record Seizure Of Ecstasy Barely Dents Trade In Drug |
| Published On: | 2000-08-23 |
| Source: | Chicago Tribune (IL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 11:38:48 |
RECORD SEIZURE OF ECSTASY BARELY DENTS TRADE IN DRUG
TORONTO, CANADA Canadian police said Tuesday that they had made their biggest seizure yet of the designer drug ecstasy, a $7.5 million shipment from Belgium, but officials admitted it would barely dent the roaring trade.
Authorities said the bust was further proof that Canada has become a major player in the global trade of ecstasy, a drug known for its popularity among young people at the frenetic all-night dance parties called raves.
Customs officials uncovered about 340,000 tablets of the drug in Montreal during a routine cargo examination of a carload of auto parts Aug. 10, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials said.
The illegal amphetamines, which were shipped from Baelen, Belgium, in sea containers, were to continue by train to a Toronto business address, the Mounties said.
Two Toronto men were charged in the smuggling operation.
A customs spokesman said there have been 113 seizures of ecstasy this year, a 20 percent increase from 1999. Mounties seized 16,095 grams of ecstasy from domestic and international sources in 1999, an 82 percent increase over 1997.
TORONTO, CANADA Canadian police said Tuesday that they had made their biggest seizure yet of the designer drug ecstasy, a $7.5 million shipment from Belgium, but officials admitted it would barely dent the roaring trade.
Authorities said the bust was further proof that Canada has become a major player in the global trade of ecstasy, a drug known for its popularity among young people at the frenetic all-night dance parties called raves.
Customs officials uncovered about 340,000 tablets of the drug in Montreal during a routine cargo examination of a carload of auto parts Aug. 10, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials said.
The illegal amphetamines, which were shipped from Baelen, Belgium, in sea containers, were to continue by train to a Toronto business address, the Mounties said.
Two Toronto men were charged in the smuggling operation.
A customs spokesman said there have been 113 seizures of ecstasy this year, a 20 percent increase from 1999. Mounties seized 16,095 grams of ecstasy from domestic and international sources in 1999, an 82 percent increase over 1997.
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