Officers seize loaded semi-automatic handgun at border crossing

CALGARY – Officers have charged a Missouri man after seizing a loaded handgun in a vehicle at the Alberta-Montana border.

The Canada Border Services Agency says a loaded semi-automatic handgun was found inside a vehicle attempting to cross into Alberta at the Chief Mountain border crossing located near Waterton on June 6^th.

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Officers also seized an over-capacity magazine.

Terry Dale Whisenand of Parkville, Missouri is facing three charges, and is scheduled to appear in Lethbridge Provincial Court on June 24^th.

Officials say this is the first firearm seizure this year at the port of Chief Mountain, which opened on May 15th.