DETROIT: It’s believed two Canadian men were smuggling fraudulent IDs and other documents into the U.S. for transfer or sale.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol “remains ever vigilant in intercepting those travelers that our laws identify as needing further scrutiny,” said U.S. Customs Acting Port Director David Beculheimer. “That vigilance resulted in the prevention of fraudulent documents being used to possibly cross the border.”
Border agents stopped a 22-year-old Toronto man and a 24-year-old Brampton, Ontario woman on July 17. They were found in possession of 14 IDs and credit cards that “appeared to be counterfeit,” according to a statement from border officials. “These cards included similar looking Canadian Naturalization Cards, Ontario Driver’s Licenses and Social Insurance Cards.”
U.S. border agents didn’t verify — at least at the time of the public statement Wednesday — that the documents were fraudulent. The Canadians were refused entry to the U.S. and sent back to Canada.
