Two Air Canada employees have been arrested in connection with cocaine and cannabis trafficking through the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Wednesday morning, search warrants were being executed at two residences and a vehicle in the Greater Montreal area.
“With Air Canada’s cooperation, a search is also being conducted at the airline employees’ work base located in Dorval,” the RCMP noted.
The two suspects held various positions related to ground operations at Air Canada, according to an investigation conducted by the Airport and Federal Investigations Detachment.
“They are alleged to have participated in a conspiracy to bring and move luggage through secure areas of the airport to facilitate the importation of cocaine and the exportation of cannabis,” the RCMP explained.
RCMP Corporal Marie-Pierre Guertin told CTV News that the suspects had “access to secure zones.”
“Being able to handle the luggage and go through the system where all the luggage with the tags and all that, it did give them easier access to be able to get the drugs in certain luggage to be able to export them,” she said. “In this case…cocaine was imported from Punta Cana, and cannabis was exported to Punta Cana.”
