Plus, the big money seized in recent border busts, major legal outcome in Motive vs. Samsara freight tech rivalry, a new workforce pipeline connecting Kenyan truckers with jobs in Nebraska, and more.
Motive Technologies won an ITC ruling dismissing Samsara’s patent claims, marking its second major legal victory this year.
Nebraska signed a labor deal with Kenya to recruit truck drivers, sparking industry pushback as Werner denied involvement and American Truckers criticized the agreement as exploitative.
Border officials in the U.S. and Canada seized more than $90 million in narcotics during August, uncovering cocaine and meth hidden in commercial truck shipments of produce, flowers, and metal.
Authorities in the United States and Canada intercepted more than $90 million worth of narcotics during commercial truck inspections last month, exposing large-scale smuggling attempts at multiple border crossings. Shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine were concealed in everyday freight loads ranging from flowers to produce to aluminum scrap.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced two major seizures in mid-August at the Blue Water Bridge, which connects Ontario with Port Huron, Michigan. On August 13, officers discovered 331 pounds of cocaine worth $14 million in a tractor-trailer. The following day, they uncovered another 219 pounds valued at $18 million in a separate truck. Both drivers were arrested and transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
In one of the largest cross-border drug seizures of the year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Laredo found 4,241 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of aluminum burr. The seizure, made August 29 at the Colombia–Solidarity International Bridge, was valued at $37 million.
CBP reported several other busts across Texas border crossings during August:
Overall, while the scale and concealment methods vary, the combined total of more than $90 million highlights the ongoing challenge facing CBP, CBSA, and law enforcement partners throughout North America in intercepting shipments before they enter circulation.
Source: FreightWaves
Federal prosecutors revealed how cartel-linked drug trafficking networks used U.S. trucking to move narcotics and launder millions
Authorities intercepted 156 pounds of fentanyl and 44 pounds of meth in a tractor trailer, the largest fentanyl seizure in South Carolina history.
Federal agents seized 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a semi truck of cucumbers at a Georgia warehouse; two individuals face federal drug charges.
A Canadian trucker caught with 300 pounds of cocaine, while CBP seized $503K worth at the Pharr Bridge. Law enforcement is cracking down on the war on drugs.
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