Drugs seized at the Coutts border crossing on Dec. 25, 2020. (CBSA)

By David Opinko

Trial dates set for 228 kg meth smuggling case at Coutts

Feb 28, 2022 | 1:45 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Two weeks have been scheduled for a trial to take place for what border officials at Coutts say is the largest seizure of methamphetamine ever at any land border crossing in the country.

In Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday, Justice Vaughan Hartigan agreed to have a judge-alone trial for Amarpreet Singh Sandhu, 39, of Calgary.

It is alleged that Sandhu crossed the Coutts border on Christmas Day 2020 with a semi-truck hauling produce.

The vehicle was pulled aside for additional inspection, and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) claims that they found 228.14 kg of meth with an approximate street value of $28.5 million.

Officials estimate that that translates to about 2,280,000 individual doses of the drug.

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“This is the CBSA’s largest seizure of methamphetamine at a land border crossing on record across Canada,” read a statement from the CBSA in January 2021.

Sandhu faces one count each of importation of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking.

His trial has been scheduled for January 9-20, 2023.