Ambassador Bridge

The Ambassador Bridge. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive Detroit)

WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA -- Customs officers on Monday searched a commercial truck in Windsor, Ontario on its way over the Ambassador Bridge into Detroit and found 52 bricks of suspected cocaine. The bricks, with an estimated total weight of about 115 pounds, were found in three duffel bags and a tote in a storage compartment of the truck, the Canada Border Services Agency said

. The 26-year-old driver was jailed and the drugs seized by police. "This seizure was outstanding work by all involved and demonstrates that CBSA officers are vigilant in protecting our borders 24 hours a day/seven days a week," Rick Comerford, Regional Director General for the Southern Ontario Region of Canada Border Services Agency, said in a prepared statement. "Our officers work hard to combat illegal activity at our borders and are dedicated to keeping our streets and communities safe." Since January of 2014, Canadian customs officials have seized 57 cocaine shipments weighing over 650 pounds.