2 Air Canada employees arrested in RCMP drug probe at Montreal airport
RCMP said Wednesday that search warrants were being executed at two homes and a vehicle in the Greater Montreal area, as well as the employees’ work base in Dorval.
Two Air Canada employees have been arrested in Montreal–Trudeau International Airport as part of a drug trafficking investigation, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The suspects, who work in ground operations at the airline, were apprehended after a search warrant was executed at two homes, a vehicle, and their workplace in Dorval.
The RCMP disclosed that they are alleged to have conspired in moving luggage through secure areas of the airport to help import cocaine and export cannabis. The investigation commenced in May when the Canada Border Services Agency seized 62.5 kg of cocaine and 56 kg of cannabis from a flight originating in Punta Cana. Both Air Canada and ADM Aéroports de Montréal are co-operating with the probe.
The airline suspended the two employees, while the RCMP stated that more arrests could follow based on the evidence collected.
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