- Canadian groceries sent surprises with bananas filled with cocaine.
- Police determined that a mixture of human trafficking ended up in their stores.
- The bricks of cocaine were large enough for everyone in their city of arrival to get six doses.
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According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, two groceries in British Columbia, Canada, surprised in February 2019 when they sent bananas to find blocks of cocaine.
After a nearly two-year investigation, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police determined that the boxes that arrived at the two stores were not intended to be delivered there, police said in a statement.
The drug division of the Kelowna RCMP Street Enforcement Unit has partnered with the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) to establish that these consignments originated in Colombia,
Cpl. Jeff Carroll of the Kelowna RCMP Drug Section said in a statement. Our investigation leads us to believe that these banned drugs were not intended to end up in the Central Okanagan, and arrived here in the Okanagan Valley due to a missing pickup truck at some point along the road.
Blocks of cocaine were filled into banana shipments that arrived at British Colombian grocery stores.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The delivery originated in Colombia, but probably landed in the city of Kelowna due to a mix-up, police said.
If the boxes were not intercepted by the confused groceries, it could put 800,000 doses of cocaine in the drug market, police said.
“It’s enough smuggling for every resident of the city of Kelowna to receive nearly 6 doses each,” police said. “These two attacks in the southern interior of the BC have undoubtedly saved precious lives in Canada.”