Failing to Declare a Firearm at Canadian Border Crossings
This is taken from today's Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal.
Border officials deal with rash of guns at Port of Entry
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal
A Missouri man has a court date in Fort Frances later this month to deal with charges following yet another seizure of a handgun at the town’s border crossing by Canadian inspectors. It’s the eighth time a gun has been seized at the Fort Frances border so far this year, compared to three seizures for all of 2014.
Border investigators said they found a loaded .22 calibre revolver in the glove compartment of the man’s truck during a search on June 24 during an attempt to enter Ontario.
He was later charged under the federal Customs Act with non-report of goods, wilful evasion, possession of illegally imported goods and smuggling, a Canada Border Services Agency said in a news release on Friday.
CBSA spokesman Chris Kealey said the number of handgun seizures at the Fort Frances border varies from year to year. “Keeping firearms out of our community is our highest priority, so it’s something we’re focused on all the time,” Kealey said.
The accused was released on a US$300 recognizance. He is to appear in court on July 27.
The lesson here is that failing to declare a firearm at a Canadian Border Crossing is a big deal.
Jay
Border officials deal with rash of guns at Port of Entry
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal
A Missouri man has a court date in Fort Frances later this month to deal with charges following yet another seizure of a handgun at the town’s border crossing by Canadian inspectors. It’s the eighth time a gun has been seized at the Fort Frances border so far this year, compared to three seizures for all of 2014.
Border investigators said they found a loaded .22 calibre revolver in the glove compartment of the man’s truck during a search on June 24 during an attempt to enter Ontario.
He was later charged under the federal Customs Act with non-report of goods, wilful evasion, possession of illegally imported goods and smuggling, a Canada Border Services Agency said in a news release on Friday.
CBSA spokesman Chris Kealey said the number of handgun seizures at the Fort Frances border varies from year to year. “Keeping firearms out of our community is our highest priority, so it’s something we’re focused on all the time,” Kealey said.
The accused was released on a US$300 recognizance. He is to appear in court on July 27.
The lesson here is that failing to declare a firearm at a Canadian Border Crossing is a big deal.
Jay
