Border officers in Port Huron shut down a major run of cocaine last Thursday, pulling roughly 133 pounds of the drug out of a Canada-bound commercial semitruck near the Blue Water Bridge.
According to ClickOnDetroit, the truck was picked for an outbound physical inspection after it tried to cross the border. During that check, officers and K-9 teams dug into the load and found two cardboard boxes holding 55 shrink-wrapped bricks. Field tests later confirmed what everyone already suspected: cocaine.
Customs and Border Protection seized the truck, trailer, and narcotics on the spot, and the driver now finds himself at the center of a federal case as Homeland Security Investigations opens a full probe.
How officers say they uncovered the load
CBS News Detroit reports that agents ultimately pulled 55 bricks of a white, powdery substance from the truck, each one wrapped tightly and stacked for the trip across the bridge, before testing confirmed it as cocaine.
Port Director Jeffrey Wilson called the interception "another significant financial blow" to transnational criminal networks. Director of Field Operations Marty C. Raybon added that every narcotic interdiction helps "break a link" in the criminal supply chain, one truck at a time.
A repeated flashpoint at the crossing
This is far from the first heavyweight cocaine haul at the Blue Water Bridge. The Canada Border Services Agency reported seizing 111.4 kilograms of suspected cocaine after a February 19 secondary inspection at the same crossing, and the agency also announced a 187-kilogram seizure there in June 2025.
Those enforcement actions, according to the agency releases, show Southern Ontario ports repeatedly intercepting large loads of cocaine coming out of the United States, a pattern that has pushed border officials on both sides to coordinate closely.
What happens next
The driver, described in news reports as a citizen of India, now faces federal prosecution in U.S. courts. CBP is holding onto the truck and trailer while the case moves forward, according to CBS News Detroit. Homeland Security Investigations' Border Enforcement Security Task Force in Port Huron will take the lead on the follow-up work as prosecutors weigh specific charges.
According to Hoodline, local outlets have been chronicling a steady run of big drug busts at the bridge this year, and earlier, bigger seizures have already underscored just how central this crossing has become in cross-border trafficking.
