Two Ontario truck drivers charged after CBSA seizes cocaine worth $43.7 million at border

I don't understand why they don't mention the company name. 99% of the time, the company is involved. Just in case, if not, then release the statement later on, clearing everything. Release the name, release the company name. I heard that such companies are still running fine, getting new customers, getting loans, getting new trucks and trailers financed, and their drivers rotting in prison.
 
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I don't understand why they don't mention the company name. 99% of the time, the company is involved. Just in case, if not, then release the statement later on, clearing everything. Release the name, release the company name. I heard that such companies are still running fine, getting new customers, getting loans, getting new trucks and trailers financed, and their drivers rotting in prison.
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I do not understand why they refuse to name the companies in any of these posts.

I assume it's some sort of legal defamation thing. But its infuriating.

There was a post on twitter about an OD load going down the 401 that got pulled over 3 times and was given 19 citations... Again, no company was named but do we really think this was the drivers fault exclusively? Of course the company was complicit.
 
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YYZRIDER said:
I don't understand why they don't mention the company name. 99% of the time, the company is involved. Just in case, if not, then release the statement later on, clearing everything. Release the name, release the company name. I heard that such companies are still running fine, getting new customers, getting loans, getting new trucks and trailers financed, and their drivers rotting in prison.
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I have personally been involved with a driver caught smuggling BC's own brand of the devils lettuce into the US of A. I took the initial call from the authorities and was subsequently "interviewed" by them and several others in the company were also questioned.

The company I worked for had a less than stellar reputation but was in no way involved in this and we did not need the distraction that this would cause if the company name was published.

Driver's caught smuggling millions of dollars of mary jane hits page 1 of the newspaper: a few weeks later company not involved and also a victim in this crime on page 20.

The company was a victim in this as the truck, trailer and cargo were impounded. Once the company was cleared of any wrong doing -- can't remember how long this took, we had to send someone to recover the load and deliver the freight. The border crossing was about a 5 hour drive from the home terminal. I'm sure we had to pay towing and impound fees plus lease payments and insurance on the truck and trailer that sat unused while the incident was investigated.
 
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YYZRIDER said:
I don't understand why they don't mention the company name. 99% of the time, the company is involved. Just in case, if not, then release the statement later on, clearing everything. Release the name, release the company name. I heard that such companies are still running fine, getting new customers, getting loans, getting new trucks and trailers financed, and their drivers rotting in prison.
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Curious how you know (or is it that what "you" think) that 99% of the time the carrier is involved?

I'd be inclined to "think" the opposite. I'd bet most of the time the Carrier Company owner doesn't have any idea what these guys are doing.
 
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See the link, interesting source but is a reprint from the Times Colonist a Victoria BC newspaper

Companies are named but not the company I was working for. The incident I'm referring to is mentioned in this paragraph

Since January, three trucks – each carrying 450 kilograms of B.C. bud, along with their legitimate cargoes, pallets of Molson beer, bundles of waste paper and loads of peat moss – have been seized at the U.S. border.

We cooperated with the US authorities and were privy to the investigation, turns out the driver, driver's wife and driver's brother or the wife's brother we also involved. There was a sting operation and a cross dock in the SeaTac area was under surveillance when the other accomplices were caught. The shipper and carrier were not involved.

The one thing I remember vividly about this incident was letter written by a leader at the driver's temple extoling the driver's virtuous nature and innocence

We’re innocent pawns, say B.C. truck drivers | International Hempology 101 Society

www.hempology.ca www.hempology.ca
 
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Curious how you know (or is it that what "you" think) that 99% of the time the carrier is involved?

I'd be inclined to "think" the opposite. I'd bet most of the time the Carrier Company owner doesn't have any idea what these guys are doing.
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This is what I believe in because in today's trucking world, everything is so digitalised. It's not easy for a driver to sneak to some shady warehouse and get his Lotto ticket loaded. It's the Carrier in my eyes ALWAYS. You will never see any midsize company involved in such activities. Always companies who have under 15 trucks are involved and if you dig, owners have history of wrong doings.
 
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This is what I believe in because in today's trucking world, everything is so digitalised. It's not easy for a driver to sneak to some shady warehouse and get his Lotto ticket loaded. It's the Carrier in my eyes ALWAYS. You will never see any midsize company involved in such activities. Always companies who have under 15 trucks are involved and if you dig, owners have history of wrong doings.
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I would say its a combination of both. I can tell you first hand, a company with hundreds of trucks had a driver get charged. The company was never thought to be involved.
 
YYZRIDER said:
This is what I believe in because in today's trucking world, everything is so digitalised. It's not easy for a driver to sneak to some shady warehouse and get his Lotto ticket loaded. It's the Carrier in my eyes ALWAYS. You will never see any midsize company involved in such activities. Always companies who have under 15 trucks are involved and if you dig, owners have history of wrong doings.
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A driver that goes 60 miles off route could get caught but if the driver does not go significantly off route, it would be hard to tell if some lotto ticket got put on the truck. By the looks of these goods, they could have been loaded in the trailer at a truck stop or a rest area.
I highly doubt that the trucking company is involved. Something like that would require significant collusion between the company owner, a dispatcher, a dock guy, a shipper etc and the driver. It may be a couple employees in a company but not the whole company. If my boss asked me to stop at a location to have some loose boxes put on the back, I'd question it and for sure would look into the packages. I'd definitely wouldn't take the chance - that's for sure.
If you're stuck in a situation like this or you're just not sure, call the CBSA tip line at
If you call this number, you'll speak to someone at CBSA and if they do find something it paves the way to exonerate you. I have called this number a couple times and thank God it turned out to be nothing but when something doesn't seem right...

Protecting the Canadian border

Border programs, services and initiatives that ensure trade security and legitimate entry by travellers to Canada.
www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Either way, I'm glad they're caught. More enforcement is not a bad thing.
 
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