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Homeland Security Investigations Team and Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Immigration and Customs Enforcement: According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a homeland security investigations team got a tip last week that led them to the large cache of drugs in Ferndale, Wash., a city about 23 kilometres away from the Peace Arch Border Crossing, according to CTV. The drugs carry a street value of $550,000 in the United States and more than $1-million in Canada, according to officials and U.S border officials have intercepted more than $1-million worth of drugs that were likely headed for British Columbia. Officers located and seized nine kilograms of methamphetamines and 15 kilograms of cocaine. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.