(An RCMP officer takes a photo of a Black Hawk helicopter taking off in London, Ont.)
Canada’s new strike force will tackle cross-border drug smuggling and organized crime, an RCMP officer says
by Kim Bolan
March 13, 2025
And Chief Supt. Mathieu Bertrand said progress is being made at the border with more seizures of a variety of illicit drugs over the past two months.
Bertrand, the director general of serious and organized crime and border integrity, said the RCMP has met with its American counterparts, as well as other Canadian law enforcement agencies, about the strike force — announced recently by the federal government in response to U.S. concerns over fentanyl smuggling.
“We’ve had two meetings with law enforcement from the United States. We have agreed to work at this together. There’s been significant intelligence work done to be able to inform the strike force teams and be able to have them prioritize their initial efforts to joint targeting opportunities between the U.S. and Canada,” Bertrand said.
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