cross-border drug smuggling

Traffickers used trucks outfitted with secret compartments and hydraulically operated trap doors to transport millions of dollars worth of drugs from California and Mexico to Canada, police said as they announced the takedown of a suspected smuggling ring.

$8 million worth of marijuana and over 2,000 bongs are discovered at the U.S-Canada border during two recent inspections of tractor-trailers.

A trucker jailed in the U.S. on pot-smuggling charges has hired an attorney who previously represented celebrities as he seeks to return to Canada.