- A 60-year-old American inputted the improper GPS coordinates and ended up on the Canadian border.
- Police say an inspection uncovered 400 kilos of hashish and over $600,000 of money in his automotive.
- He has been arrested and stays in custody in Ontario, Canada.
A 60-year-old American driver was arrested final week after he took a improper flip and ended up on the Canadian border with an enormous amount of hashish and over $600,000 in his automotive, in accordance with regulation enforcement authorities.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police mentioned in a information launch that Andrew Lee Toppenberg was following GPS coordinates that had been entered incorrectly when he mistakenly ended up within the border lineup at Canada’s Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Toppenberg, of Tustin, California, didn’t have his passport with him, which resulted in him being topic to an inspection, in accordance with police.
Throughout the inspection, Canadian border officers discovered 181 kilograms (399 kilos) of hashish, which police mentioned is valued at between $269,775 and $539,552 in US foreign money. In addition they discovered over $600,000 within the automobile, the information launch mentioned.
The medicine and cash had been situated all through the automotive, with the hashish in vacuum-packed containers and the money separated into bundles that had been hid in a protected, suitcase, and lockable case, in accordance with police.
Police mentioned the packaging seemed just like the kind of containers drug sellers or cash launderers would use, which led to them issuing fees in opposition to Toppenberg on suspicion of the possession and import of hashish, and the possession of over $5,000 realizing that each one or components of the proceeds had been obtained by against the law.
Toppenberg appeared in an Ontario court docket on Monday, and stays in custody, the information launch mentioned.
Jeff Walters, the director of Niagara District Operations for Canada’s Border Providers Company, mentioned in a press release: “The CBSA is extraordinarily happy with the diligence proven by our officers. Their onerous work has a profound influence on frequently making certain public security at our borders.”