World IN BRIEF : CANADA : Contraband Worth $15 Million Seized

In its biggest crackdown on smuggling over the U.S. border, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it arrested 170 people and seized millions of dollars’ worth of contraband liquor and tobacco. The suspects included members of a Montreal-area chapter of Hells Angels, as well as organized crime gangs run by Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants, the force said. The yearlong operation involved more investigators and yielded bigger seizures than any previous anti-smuggling operation by the federal police force, a Mounties spokesman said. The total value of goods--including liquor, tobacco, 78 vehicles and other property--could exceed $15 million.