{"id":184555,"date":"2026-08-26T22:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/184555\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:07:58","slug":"2-air-canada-employees-arrested-in-rcmp-drug-probe-at-montreal-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/184555\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Air Canada employees arrested in RCMP drug probe at Montreal airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two Air Canada employees have been arrested in connection with a drug trafficking probe at the Montreal\u2013Trudeau International Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RCMP said in a news release Wednesday that search warrants were being executed at two homes and a vehicle in the Greater Montreal area, as well as the employees&#8217; work base in Dorval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two suspects hold various positions related to ground operations at Air Canada, the <a data-ylk=\"slk:RCMP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/rcmp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RCMP<\/a> said. The airline and ADM A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al are assisting in the probe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation began in May after the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted 62.5 kg of cocaine concealed in backpacks on a flight from Punta Cana. Officials also seized 56 kg of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspects &#8220;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,&#8221; RCMP said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The two individuals arrested will be questioned and released pending further proceedings\u2026 Analysis of the evidence collected could lead to additional arrests and the laying of charges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/ac-weed\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Air Canada Montreal drug trafficking\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"544\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/global_news_articles_566\/27c237e9988f3ea38f1e91e3db33440d.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air Canada Montreal drug trafficking<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/ac-cocaine\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Air Canada Montreal drug trafficking\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"446\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/global_news_articles_566\/6d1d4ae8c183f100fcc521738a67e9ba.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air Canada Montreal drug trafficking<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/ac-weed-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Air Canada Montreal drug trafficking\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"749\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/global_news_articles_566\/083c3ce0bccdd1910d6bba3ef43cccfc.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air Canada Montreal drug trafficking<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Air Canada said the two employees have been suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Air Canada has been informed of the investigation into two of its employees and their arrest. We are cooperating fully with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,&#8221; a spokesperson told Global News in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The two employees in question have been suspended during investigations. Out of respect for the ongoing proceedings and our obligations to protect our employees&#8217; privacy, we will not comment further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is asked to contact police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Air Canada employees have been arrested in connection with a drug trafficking probe at the Montreal\u2013Trudeau International&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[58181,1206,1518,9892,22695,50,1275,39246,33928],"class_list":["post-184555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-adm-aeroports-de-montreal","tag-air-canada","tag-canada-border-services-agency","tag-drug-trafficking","tag-greater-montreal-area","tag-montreal","tag-rcmp","tag-search-warrants","tag-trudeau-international-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}