REGINA – A U.S. man has been sentenced and handed a fine after pleading guilty to smuggling a gun across the U.S. border into Saskatchewan.
Canada Border Services Agency officers at Regway, Sask. were searching a vehicle on June 7 when they found a loaded .32 calibre semi-automatic handgun in a door.
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Anthony Eekhoff, 32, a passenger in the vehicle, admitted ownership of the gun and was arrested.
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On Monday, Eekhoff pleaded guilty to smuggling under the Customs Act and was sentenced to time served and given a $3,000 fine.
The handgun was the seventh prohibited weapon seized by southern Saskatchewan officers so far in 2014.
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