The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) provided some highlighted information on Feb. 16 regarding their border crossing investigations during the month of January.
The CBSA seized suspected child pornography from two travellers as they entered Saskatchewan last month. The two were placed under examination at the North Portal land border crossing on Jan. 7, and at the Regina Airport on Jan. 25. CBSA officers examined a Manitoba man’s cellphone and uncovered images of suspected child pornography at the North Portal station while the Regina officers conducted an electronics examination on a Saskatchewan man and uncovered images of suspected obscenity and child pornography on his phone. Both cases were referred to the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit.
On Jan. 5, officers at North Portal arrested a Canadian resident with an outstanding warrant for sexual assault and the manufacturing of child pornography. He was transferred to the RCMP.
CBSA officers at North Portal seized a flashlight that doubled as a prohibited stun gun on Jan. 3. They also seized 13 over capacity ammunition magazines on Jan. 14.
On Jan. 1, officers at the border crossing near Oungre refused entry to a U.S. male after it was revealed he had been convicted of assault causing bodily harm. On that same day, officers at the Northgate border crossing refused entry to another American male who had been convicted on a similar charge plus three impaired driving convictions.
On Jan. 11, CBSA officers at the Estevan Highway border crossing refused entry to a U.S. man due to his conviction on assault and unlawful confinement charges.
Officers at the Regway border crossing demonstrated care and compassion on Jan. 9 by assisting a motorist in extinguishing a motor vehicle engine fire. CBSA officers then personally donated food and gasoline to the driver for his trip home.
On Jan. 11, a semi-truck crashed into an empty vehicle parked near the port. Officers responded to that incident and pulled the driver from the damaged semi and communicated with emergency responders.
Quick Facts:
CBSA officers in Saskatchewan process an average of 64,271 travellers in 15,789 cars, 12,424 commercial trucks and 263 flights every month. (Facts derived from 2015 CBSA statistics.)
