RCMP have arrested a border guard in Surrey, B.C, alleging that he used his position to allow cocaine and guns to be smuggled across the Canada-U.S. border.

Police found cash, weapons and $6 million worth of cocaine in two SUVs that passed the border crossing allegedly without being inspected.
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As part of a 13-month investigation, the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency have been closely watching the Pacific Highway Border crossing in Surrey. On Thursday morning, a border guard and two other men were arrested after police found restricted handguns, cash and 208 kilograms of cocaine worth $6 million inside two vehicles.

"This operation began after information was received that a border officer was a key figure in a criminal enterprise," Insp. Dan Malo, who's in charge of the investigation, said Friday.

"Nobody in Canada smuggles this quantity of cocaine without being involved in organized crime."

Police allege that two luxury SUVs were allowed to pass through a commercial inspection booth without examination.

Inspections at the Surrey border crossing have increased on Friday after police arrested a border guard allegedly using his position to turn a blind eye on smuggling.
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Other border guards were disheartened by the news that one of their own had been arrested, said Kim Scoville, director of the CBSA's Pacific Highway District.

"It's a sense of betrayal they're experiencing and it is something that we take seriously," he said.

Border guard Baljinder Kandola, 35, and two other Richmond men, Shminder Johal, 34, and Herman Riar, 26, are all charged with importing cocaine to Canada, possession for the purposes of trafficking, conspiracy to import cocaine, as well as importing restricted firearms. Kandola is also charged with breach of trust and bribery.