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Volumes Down on Main NWT Ice Road pg 01, 06-08 tw apr v2 3/11/09 3:41 PM Page 1 April 2009 Volume 20, Issue 4 Delivering daily news to Canada’s trucking industry at www.trucknews.com Disturbing Volumes down on main NWT report ice road Commercial YELLOWKNIFE, NWT – Freight trucks are now trucked over the Tibbitt to Contwoyto ice road in the NWT is mode of choice down by about 45,000 tonnes compared to last year, says Erik for drug-runners Madsen, director of Joint Venture Management Committee, opera- By Jan Westell tors of the ice road. SURREY,B.C. – A major trend is The Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter emerging, with more drug traf- road begins about 60 kilometres fickers favouring land ports of en- east of Yellowknife, and connects to try over the more traditional three diamond mines. Most of the route through Toronto’s Pearson road is built over frozen lakes with International Airport, according connections via land portage. It is to the Canada Border Services about 400 km long this year, com- Agency (CBSA). pared to its normal length of almost The CBSA analyzed a pattern of 600 km, after Tahera’s Jericho cocaine trafficking between Jan. 1, Diamond Mine shut down last year. 2001 and June 30, 2007, and pub- The ice road opened on Feb. 1, lished a report on the findings and is expected to close about entitled: Cocaine Seizures, Pacific March 31, according to Madsen, Region Perspective. whose group manages the road In the 6.5-year period analyzed for BHP Billiton Diamonds and in the report, CBSA seized 8.2 Diavik Diamond Mines. tonnes of cocaine in Canada, con- “Everything is on schedule and sidered to be worth more than $1 it’s going really well,” said Madsen. billion dollars, at various land, air, “The cold weather this year really marine and postal ports of entry helped to build the ice up, and the across the country. While the tra- loads/the tonnages are there. We ditional methods of cocaine im- anticipated being done on schedule porting had historically been via or even earlier.” air and marine methods, over the Diesel fuel is the largest item last 19 months examined by the being trucked north on the road, report, land-based movements along with cement, tires, prill (am- have become the favoured monium nitrate) for explosives and method of importing cocaine into various construction materials. Canada, mainly via commercial However, Madsen admitted that trucks through “Pacific Region” the 45,000 tonne decline in projected ports of entry. HEAVY HAUL: US Customs officers empty a cattleliner of marijuana after volumes (to 200,000 tonnes) is The majority of cocaine coming intercepting the load at the border. being felt by some truckers. Continued on page 8 Photo courtesy US Customs and Border Protection Making matters worse, De Beers Continued on page 6 Small tweaks, big savings InsideInside This Issue... 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