WINNIPEG — Firearms, tasers and a mobile meth lab were among the seizures made by the Canada Border Service Agency at the Manitoba border in 2015.
Officers at the Manitoba border crossing made 172 seizures – including weapons, drugs and child pornography – while processing more than 1.6 million travellers in the year, the CBSA said.
On August 1, Emerson officers seized five undeclared guns and 62 prohibited large-capacity magazines from a 36-year-old Alaska man towing a trailer. The man was arrested, and later released on bail with a promise to appear.
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On November 23, a 55-year-old U.S. man received a $12,000 fine for attempting to smuggle a firearm at the Sprague border crossing in September.
And a Wisconsin man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawful possession and attempted smuggling of child pornography in December following a seizure at the Sprague Border Crossing.
Sprague officers also uncovered a mobile methamphetamine laboratory in June. A 35 year-old Minnesota man was arrested and turned over to the RCMP.
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Total numbers
- CBSA officers in southern Manitoba processed more than: 1,673,700 travellers in 643,200 cars and 268,500 commercial trucks.
- Officers completed 2,270 permanent resident landings, and issued 1,477 work permits and 182 study permits.
- CBSA officers seized 13 guns and 50 prohibited weapons including butterfly knives, tasers, pepper spray, and one-handed crossbows.
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