The police service conducted an investigation and determined the suitcases were identical and neither passenger had checked them in. Investigators determined an Air Canada employee working in the baggage room had placed luggage tags that included the “unsuspecting passengers’ names” onto the suitcases that contained the cannabis.

Canada Border Services Agency at Toronto’s Pearson airport contacted the RCMP on Feb. 19 after they found about 33 kilograms of cannabis in each checked bag of two German citizens scheduled to depart on a commercial flight to Germany. The RCMP alleges an Air Canada employee working in the baggage room had placed luggage tags with the unsuspecting passengers’ names on the suitcases that contained the cannabis.