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Canadian border agents seized dramatically larger amounts of pot in the months following legalization of the drug.

From October through December of last year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confiscated nearly 574 kilograms of cannabis products, including dried flower, resins and other concentrates, states the federal government department’s statistics.

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That compares with about 283 kg of the substances taken from those crossing the border in the previous three months before the end of cannabis prohibition last Oct. 17.

In the first three months of this year, the CBSA seized just over 430 kg of cannabis products, 93 per cent of it coming from the U.S. into Canada.

With the drug’s recreational legalization last October, many travellers need to be reminded that crossing the international border with cannabis is still illegal. The agency now includes signage stating that and a request for the public to declare any of the substances they are carrying, just as they would other items, said spokeswoman Jacqueline Callin.