The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) intercepted a handful of attempts to bring assorted weapons into Canada within three days at a Windsor border crossing.
A CBSA spokesperson told WindsorNewsToday.ca that firearms, knives, and pepper spray were confiscated by border agents at the Gordie Howe International Bridge during the first weekend in October.
The first was on Saturday, October 3, when a prohibited knife was seized from a U.S. resident. The traveller paid a $500 fine.
On Monday, October 5, a prohibited firearm, a magazine, and 61 rounds of ammunition were taken from an American traveller, who was fined $1,500.
Four more seizures took place on Tuesday, October 6.
A prohibited firearm and five rounds of ammunition came from a U.S. resident. The traveller paid a $1,000 penalty.
A prohibited firearm and 60 rounds of ammunition were confiscated from an American traveller, who was fined $1,000.
A canister of pepper spray, a set of brass knuckles, and eight grams of cannabis were seized from a U.S. resident.
A prohibited knife was confiscated from a Canadian resident.
In a social media post from Thursday, the CBSA said agents at points of entry across southern Ontario seized nine firearms and eight prohibited weapons over eight days. None of them were declared.
