A truck driver was arrested trying to cross into Buffalo, N.Y., with about $2M marijuana and ketamine, hidden as a shipment of “waffles.”
Canadian truck driver Ajaypal Dhillon was found with over 2,092 pounds of marijuana and over 112 pounds of ketamine hidden in boxes inside of his trailer, reported The Buffalo News.
The contraband was found during a Customs and Border Patrol officers search as Dhillon crossed the Peace Bridge into Buffalo, New York, on July 27th.
U.S Customs and Border Protection had contacted Homeland Security Investigations on June 22 after a shipper’s CTPAT audit identified four fraudulent entries.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, the entries used their company name, invoices, and customs broker.
All four entries included the same purchase order number, seal number, and entered value – and none of the shipments arrived at the company’s warehouse.
The shipper confirmed the waffles were fraudulent, and upon inspection, border agents found 2,089 of a “green leafy substance consistent with marijuana” and 110 pounds of ketamine, according to the release.
Investigators learned the accused had been behind five prior fraudulent shipments.
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