Cocaine bust at Montana’s Sweetgrass border crossing
U.S. Customs & Border Protection photo.
An estimated 240 pounds of cocaine was seized Jan. 30 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sweetgrass Port of Entry in Montana, the federal agency announced Thursday.
Officers reportedly encountered a Canadian man driving a commercial truck while conducting outbound inspection operations at the border crossing north of Shelby.
During a more in-depth inspection of the vehicle, officers allegedly discovered boxes containing a substance identified through testing as cocaine.
Officers arrested the commercial truck driver and turned the case over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for prosecution.