Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jack Farrell
Publication Date: February 5, 2025 - 18:45
Nine migrants detained, one dead after illegal crossings in Alberta
February 5, 2025
Mounties say they thwarted two illegal border crossings in Alberta this week, with nine people detained and another dead after fleeing from police.Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland says it shows the RCMP, as well as the Canada Border Services Agency, are more than capable of tackling border issues.Moreland says an American national tried to cross into Alberta earlier this week at the Coutts border crossing but fled after being asked to pull over to be searched.
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The RCMP has announced it stopped 16 people illegally crossing the American border into the Canadian Prairies over the past three weeks, none of whom appear to be involved in the fentanyl trade.The top federal Mountie in Alberta and the Canadian Border Services Agency held a press conference Wednesday afternoon detailing three separate incidents, two at or near that province’s Coutts border crossing and one in Manitoba, including a police chase Tuesday that ended in an apparent suicide.
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