Approximately 273 kilograms of suspected cocaine were found on the vessel and two men were arrested. ( Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS )HALIFAX—Two men are facing drug charges after more than 250 kilograms of suspected cocaine was found hidden on a small sailboat arriving in Nova Scotia from the Caribbean. “We were aware of it coming,” said Dominic Mallette, the agency’s acting director for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Inside the vessel’s forward sleeping quarters, officers found several bricks of suspected cocaine hidden inside a sealed bed frame, and the RCMP were called in, he said. “It’s very difficult to be aware and monitor the sea.” The RCMP said it was the second significant suspected drug seizure in Nova Scotia this year.

Source: thestar September 08, 2017 17:48 UTC