Pumpkins 'Stuffed With Cocaine' Seized At Airport

Canadian border officials got a Halloween surprise when they discovered three pumpkins apparently stuffed with cocaine in a woman's luggage.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) believe the pumpkins, found at Montreal-Trudeau Airport in Quebec, were stuffed with approximately 4.4lbs (2kg) of cocaine.

Scanning equipment detected masses inside the squashes and when officials opened them up they found bags filled with the white powder.

Benoît Chiquette, the CBSA's Regional Director General for the Quebec Region, said: "Border services officers work tirelessly to intercept narcotics regardless how they are hidden.

"This seizure helps eradicate narcotics from our community by stopping potential traffickers from using our international airports for their illicit cross-border activities."

The evidence and the suspect were handed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for further investigation.

A border agency spokeswoman was not able to say where the passenger was coming from or whether she was a Canadian citizen.

Since the beginning of 2013, border services officers at Montreal-Trudeau Airport have made 173 drug seizures, including 10 cocaine seizures.