Sumas/Abbotsford/Chilliwack – (with files from US Border Patrol, Bellingham Herald) – The U.S. Border Patrol recovered two backpacks containing 83 pounds of methamphetamine last Thursday night (December 7) after an agent fought with two people who crossed the U.S.-Canada border illegally east of the Sumas Port of Entry. The drugs have an estimated value of nearly $800,000.
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection release, Border Patrol agents saw multiple people illegally cross the border on Thursday, and an agent responded to find two with large backpacks.
One of the subjects assaulted the agent by striking him in the chest, sparking a fight, the release said. Both people fled and returned to Canada, leaving behind the backpacks. The U.S. Border Patrol agent was uninjured in the fight.
Chilliwack RCMP stated that their Police Dog GRIFF, was in on the bust (One of two arrests that night for the dog). According to the RCMP release: located two large bags believed to contain crystal methamphetamine inside a vehicle that had fled from the U.S. across the Canadian border, ending up in a ditch in Abbotsford.
This investigation continues and Abbotsford Police, RCMP and US Border Patrol are asking for the public’s help with information.
