Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers stopped 36 convicted criminals attempting to gain entry in February. Here’s how officers kept up their guard up at Saskatchewan border crossings and flights.
At North Portal by Estevan, a loaded .25-calibre pistol found in a sock was seized from a U.S. commercial driver on Feb. 10. CBSA said the man was arrested and charges are pending.
Officers seized 40 undeclared overcapacity magazines during two instances in February.
At Regina International Airport on Feb. 16, a man was arrested after officers observed images of suspected child pornography on his tablet device. The returning resident was transferred into the custody of the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit.
There have been five suspected child pornography seizures so far this year. CBSA officers in Saskatchewan averaged five seizures yearly between 2010-15.
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Officers refused entry to 55 foreign nationals who attempted to enter the province last month, including a U.S. man convicted of sexually assaulting a child.
At Northgate on Feb. 18, officers stopped a North Dakota man convicted of making terrorist threats. He sought entry at another Saskatchewan border crossing the following week and was again refused entry.
Members of CBSA also arrested a North Dakota man on organized crime grounds. The Immigration and Refugee Board found him inadmissible for membership in the “Varrio Norwalk” gang and he was issued a deportation order.
According to 2015 statistics, CBSA say an average of 64,271 travellers are processed each month by its Saskatchewan officers.
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