REGINA – The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has laid eight charges against a 25-year-old American man following a significant firearms and drug seizure at the North Portal.
On New Year’s Eve CBSA officers searched a vehicle and confiscated a 9 mm handgun, an AR-15 assault rifle, a set of brass knuckles, a brass knuckle knife and four high capacity magazines. Officers also found 15 grams of suspected marijuana.
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Derrick Alonzo Cash, Jr. of Miami, Florida is facing eight charges under The Customs Act, The Criminal Code, and The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
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Cash will make his next court appearance on Monday.
In 2013, CBSA officers in Saskatchewan seized 24 undeclared firearms.
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