Canadian Arrested For Smuggling $1.6million Worth Of Xanax Across Border On A Sled

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A Canadian man has now been arrested after he walked with $1.6million worth of Xanax across the border on a sled.

Cedrick Bourgault-Morin, aged 21, has been taken into custody after he set off sensors along the railroad tracks that lead from the border.

Border patrol agents found Cedrick dressed in camouflage clothing and dragging a sled with a duffel bag.

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Agents said that he began to conceal the sled in the snow before he was arrested.

Inside the vacuum-packed bags were 300 boxes of the anti-anxiety medication.

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Bourgault-Morin was charged with drug possession with the intent to distribute and is being held in a Vermont prison. 

The area where Bourgault-Morin was arrested is known for being used by smuggling organizations to move illegal goods into the country. 

He now faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.   

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