TORONTO: At the US-Manitoba border, officers seized 25 undeclared firearms, including 11 prohibited firearms, largely from U.S. citizens trying to come north during the summer. In July, a Florida man spent three days in jail and received a $13,000 fine for smuggling a prohibited and fully loaded .22 calibre revolver.
In October, one man was sentenced to 21 days in jail and a $4,000 fine for concealing a 9mm handgun and 10 undeclared prohibited overcapacity magazines in his vehicle. A second man was sentenced to 12 days in jail and a $9,000 fine for attempting to smuggle a prohibited loaded .45 calibre handgun along with 11 undeclared magazines. Both men were from North Carolina.
An astonishing 1.5 kilograms of marijuana was seized from an Ontario woman last February, in addition to multiplee other drug seizures.
In September, officers at the Lena border crossing in southwest Manitoba arrested a 33-year-old North Dakota man found hiding under a blanket in the rear of a vehicle. The man had been denied entry into Canada the previous day for having a criminal record. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Meanwhile at the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, Winnipeg officers made 37 drug-related seizures.
