The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) stopped several attempts to smuggle various weapons into Canada over a three-day period at a Windsor border crossing.
A spokesperson from CBSA informed Windsor News Today. ca that agents seized firearms, knives, and pepper spray at the Gordie Howe International Bridge during the first weekend of October.
The first incident occurred on Saturday, October 3, when a prohibited knife was taken from a U. S. resident. The traveller received a $500 fine.
On Monday, October 5, an American traveller had a prohibited firearm, a magazine, and 61 rounds of ammunition confiscated and was fined $1,500.
Four additional seizures happened on Tuesday, October 6.
A prohibited firearm along with five rounds of ammunition were seized from another U. S. resident. This traveller also paid a $1,000 penalty.
An American traveller was found with a prohibited firearm and 60 rounds of ammunition and faced another $1,000 fine.
A canister of pepper spray, brass knuckles, and eight grams of cannabis were taken from yet another U. S. resident.
A Canadian resident had a prohibited knife confiscated as well.
In a social media update on Thursday, the CBSA reported that agents at border points across southern Ontario had seized nine firearms and eight other prohibited weapons in just eight days. None were declared by travellers.
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