Indian man arrested with 60kg cocaine at US-Canada border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers apprehended Indian national Chandan Tayal at the Blue Water Bridge, a crossing between Michigan and Ontario, Canada. Tayal was driving a vehicle when officers discovered approximately 60.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed within two boxes.

Tayal told investigators that the boxes contained wood pallets and cheese powder, destined for Brampton, Ontario. He asserted that he did not know about the cocaine, claiming he witnessed the company seal the truck. One of the vacuum-sealed packages of cocaine was found partially opened.

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Tayal told the investigators that those boxes contained wood pallets and cheese powder being transported from Wisconsin to Brampton, Ontario.

During the inspection on June 11, officials found 55 shrink-wrapped bricks of cocaine. The first box contained 25 packages totaling 27.47 kilograms, while the second held 30 packages weighing 33.03 kilograms. A Marysville police K9 unit alerted officers to the presence of narcotics. Tayal, 27, is currently detained at the St. Clair County Jail as the investigation proceeds.

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adding that he did not know about the boxes of cocaine, in which one of the vacuum-sealed packages was partially opened.