Officers discovered the drugs in a shipping container from South Africa on Jan. 27 but kept the information quiet for two weeks so the news wouldn't interfere with police work, agency spokesman Dominique McNeely said.
The drugs have a street value of about $36 million, McNeely told CBC News. ««« if sold at 15$ a gram!!
"According to our customs shipping information, the container arrived from South Africa and the drugs were concealed in the false bottom of wooden crates and the crates contained statues and masks," he said.
Canada Border Services Agency officials said the container came from South Africa. (Canada Border Services Agency)
The drugs were portioned off into 864 packets, and found in 18 of the 19 inspected crates, McNeely said.
The container in question had been examined by border officers in late July but returned to South Africa because the wood packaging didn't meet Canada's plant health requirements, the agency said.
McNeely said the hashish has since been turned over to the RCMP.
NO HASH THIS SUMMER 
