BUFFALO, N.Y. — Large-scale seizures of marijuana along the northern border continued this week.
Border agents in New York discovered a total of nearly 2,500 pounds in two commercial shipments on the same day.
More than 1,500 pounds was found in a truck at the Champlain crossing in northern New York on Wednesday, and an additional 936 pounds was seized from a truck at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge north of Buffalo.
The marijuana had a combined estimated street value of more than $5 million.
The U.S.-Canadian border is closed to most routine crossings during the COVID pandemic, but commercial traffic is allowed between the two countries.
