Officers of the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted and handed over 72 stolen vehicles to police officers from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal before they were exported from Canada during a joint operation that took place in Montréal on Nov. 13. Équité Association, an organization specializing in the reduction and prevention … Read more
The CBSA’s Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team announced that it has laid multiple firearms charges following an investigation and seizure of various prohibited weapons including handguns, assault rifles, shot guns and ammunition. In August 2023, Major Kendrick Barling of the Royal Canadian Air Force returned to Canada after being posted in the United States for five years. His … Read more
Following an investigation conducted by the CBSA in Québec City, Madani El-Behi and Musavye Adelald appeared on Oct. 13 at the Québec City courthouse, where they pleaded guilty for having hired 71 workers who did not hold work permits in Canada. These workers, hired from September 2021 to July 2022, were working primarily in the … Read more
The CBSA announced that charges were laid at the Sorel-Tracy courthouse against an individual following a major counterfeit money smuggling investigation. Jean-François Généreux is summoned to appear in court on Dec. 4, 2023, to face charges under the Criminal Code and the Customs Act, including buying, importing and possessing currency, and providing false information in a customs declaration. The … Read more
The CBSA announced the conviction of Jody Stuart Bishop, a resident of Carbon, Alta., for smuggling over-capacity gun magazines. On Oct. 5, 2023, Bishop pleaded guilty in Penticton Provincial Court to one count of smuggling under the Customs Act, Section 159(1). He was fined $7,500 and issued a two-year firearms prohibition under Section 110 of the Criminal Code. The … Read more
The CBSA announced that an arrest has been made for firearms, weapons and smuggling offences as part of an investigation by the CBSA Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team, a group of CBSA criminal investigators, intelligence analysts and intelligence officers dedicated to stopping firearms smuggling at ports of entry throughout the province. The investigation began in March … Read more
On July 16, 2023, CBSA border officers at the Pacific Highway Commercial port of entry in Surrey, B.C., seized approximately 65 kg of cocaine. The drugs were discovered after a detector dog alerted on four boxes during the examination of a commercial truck. The driver, a resident of Edmonton, Alta., was carrying a shipment of … Read more
The Chief Mountain port of entry is closing for the season on Sept. 30. It will reopen in the spring of 2024. The full release is available online. Contact media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca. On Aug. 15, 2023, border services officers and a Detector Dog Service team at the Burnaby Container Examination Facility discovered 150 kg of opium concealed within … Read more
On Aug. 29, border services officers at the Port of Halifax, with assistance from CBSA intelligence officers, conducted an examination of a marine container destined for the Caribbean. During this examination, 345 bags of suspected cannabis were discovered concealed throughout the container. The 165 kilograms of suspected cannabis was transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted … Read more
The Canada Border Services Agency announced that an arrest has been made for weapons and smuggling offences as part of an investigation by the CBSA Northern Ontario Region Intelligence and Enforcement Operations Division. In August 2022, border services officers working at the Vancouver International Mail Centre intercepted a package containing a Taser destined for a residential address … Read more
