FIRST ON FOX: Officers with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a shipment of 450 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $6 million at a port along the U.S.northern border with Canada last Tuesday, the agency revealed to Fox News Digital.After CBP conducted a routine inspection on a northbound commercial tractor-trailer, a physical inspection revealed modifications to the floor, leading to a K-9 inspection.
Agents soon uncovered 174 vacuum-sealed packages carrying cocaine."This significant seizure highlights the exceptional vigilance, advanced training and relentless dedication of our CBP officers and canine teams at the Lewiston Bridge border crossing," Sharon Swiatek, acting port director for the Area Port of Buffalo, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.BORDER AGENTS UNCOVER $20M COCAINE STASH HIDDEN BENEATH TRUCK FLOORBOARDS IN MASSIVE BUSTA shipment of cocaine seized at the U.S.-Canada border in Sept., left, pictured alongside a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent, right.(Customs and Border Protection/Al Drago/Getty Images)The seizure follows other recent cases involving drugs concealed in commercial trucks caught by CBP in recent months, demonstrating the continued challenge federal agencies face in stopping the flow of narcotics across both the U.S.
southern and northern borders despite greatly reduced illegal crossings.Since President Donald Trump returned to office at the outset of 2025, border crossings have plummeted at the southern border — an issue that captured much public attention in the 2024 presidential election.Since October 2024, illegal border crossings have dropped from over 240,000 to just 12,200 this past August, a reduction of over 94%.The drop also extends to the northern border.
There, encounters have plummeted from over 17,000 to under 6,100, a 64% decrease.TRUMP DHS HITS 16 STRAIGHT MONTHS WITH 0 RELEASES AT THE BORDERA Customs and Border Protection vehicle pulls over a commercial tractor trailer, left, pictured alongs...