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17 guns seized at Alberta border crossings in June

| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to share a sample of June highlights from its border crossings in southern Alberta, including the seizure of 17 undeclared guns in 11 separate incidents at Coutts, Carway and Chief Mountain. Following are some of the most significant:


CBSA spring 2016 enforcement highlights in Manitoba

| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to share a sample of enforcement highlights from its border crossings in southern Manitoba and Winnipeg operations from spring 2016.


Two convictions for smuggling handguns into Canada

| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that, in two separate incidents in May this year, two United States residents, who failed to declare their handguns at the Abbotsford-Huntingdon port of entry, have been convicted of smuggling.


Significant CBSA seizures at the Prince Rupert port of entry

| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) would like to share two significant seizures that took place at the Prince Rupert port of entry in British Columbia (B.C.) during the month of June.


Edmonton restaurant receives significant sentence under IRPA

| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases

On June 28, 2016, Marble Restaurants Ltd. in Edmonton plead guilty to employing a foreign national without authorization and failure to follow terms of a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), and was sentenced under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).


Backgrounder May 2016

| Canada Border Services Agency | backgrounders

On May 2, two non-residents made a wrong turn onto the Ambassador Bridge. Upon exiting the vehicle in secondary, the subjects admitted that there were drugs in the vehicle. Both were placed under arrest and personal searches were conducted. An examination of the vehicle with detector dog assistance resulted in the following: 413.9 grams of marijuana wax butter, 916 grams of marijuana cookies, 148.9 grams of marijuana, 220 tabs of LSD, 1 tab of Xanax, and US$999. All of the drugs were seized, and a vehicle penalty assessment of CAN$1,200 was issued and paid by the travellers, who returned to the United States (U.S.).


Currency, drugs and guns are the CBSA Southern Ontario Region May highlights

| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in the Southern Ontario Region were busy seizing guns, drugs and other commodities smuggled or improperly declared at the border in May. The priorities are to optimize the balance between public safety and the facilitation of international trade and travel.


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