Accidental trip over Ambassador Bridge leads to drug possession conviction
Michelle Maluske
CTV Windsor News Reporter
Updated May 9, 2023 5:29 p.m. CDT
Published May 9, 2023 4:26 p.m. CDT
A Mexican citizen has been convicted by a Windsor judge for possession of 18 kg of cocaine — worth nearly $2 million.
“The basic facts of this case are undisputed,” Justice Kirk Munroe said in his Feb. 28, 2023 judgment against Federico Jimenez-Martinez, 36, charged with one count of drug possession and one count of drug importation.
On Aug. 29, 2021, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers found 18 “brick-like” items hidden in a spare tire in the trunk of a black Suburban, driven by Jimenez-Martinez. According to court documents obtained by CTV News, the drugs had an estimated street value of $850,000 to close to $2 million.
Jimenez-Martinez testified he was transporting the drugs from Tucson, Ariz. to Michigan “under duress” because of threats by a drug cartel against his family in Mexico.
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