The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to share February enforcement highlights from its Manitoba operations.
A pen knife seized by Winnipeg commercial officers on February 17, 2016.
CBSA officers in Manitoba seized personal quantities of steroids and suspected narcotics from travellers throughout the month. On February 1, Emerson officers seized a small amount of suspected ecstasy pills from a returning Canadian, and 30 ml of steroids from a U.S. man on February 5. On February 25, Boissevain officers seized a stun gun from another U.S. traveller (knuckle-handled stun gun device). All items were seized with no terms of release.
In Winnipeg, CBSA officers intercepted varying amounts of narcotics and weapons concealed in courier shipments, including 600 ml of a liquid substance containing suspected marijuana on February 2, and 90 tablets of suspected steroids on February 3. On February 17, officers also intercepted a pen knife, a prohibited weapon in Canada, from a shipment destined for Alberta.
CBSA officers made several arrests and kept inadmissible people out of the country:
*At the Winnipeg International Airport on February 5, officers arrested a returning resident wanted on an outstanding warrant for driving while under the influence of alcohol. On February 11, officers arrested a returning resident on a Canada-wide warrant for possession of property obtained by crime. Both individuals were turned over to the Winnipeg Police Service. On February 22, officers also denied entry to a U.S. man who had a previous conviction for burglary, which made him criminally inadmissible to Canada.
*At the Emerson border crossing on February 8, CBSA officers denied entry to a U.S. man with a previous theft conviction, and on February 12 a second U.S. man was refused entry for a previous assault conviction. On February 29, officers arrested a Saskatchewan man on an outstanding warrant and turned him over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to prohibit the importation of poultry products from Indiana. Travellers will be required to surrender these to the CBSA upon entry into Canada.
