The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) today announced the arrest of four people involved in the attempted smuggling of foreign nationals from the United States to Cornwall, Ontario.
On February 11, 2016, the CBSA’s Cornwall Enforcement and Intelligence team received information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) officers that three foreign nationals were identified in Massena, New York as acting in a suspicious manner. The CBSA, with the assistance of partner agencies, conducted surveillance on the three individuals and the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service were able to intercept and arrest three foreign nationals and a resident of Cornwall.
The Cornwall resident was arrested for aiding and abetting the illegal movement of people into Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and the three foreign nationals were arrested for entering Canada without examination. All were transported to the Cornwall Regional Task Force detachment for processing by the CBSA.
The three foreign nationals received their detention review and admissibility hearings on February 15 and 16, 2016. The Cornwall resident was released on a Promise to Appear. He will appear in court on March 15, 2016.
Quick Facts
- The CBSA works closely with government and law enforcement partners to maintain the integrity of Canada’s immigration system and protect the safety and security of Canadians.
- All allegations involving the illegal immigration practices are taken very seriously and fully investigated by the CBSA to ensure that the security of our borders.
“These arrests are a great example of how law enforcement agencies in the Cornwall area are working together to fight crime and smuggling activity. I want to congratulate officers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Akwesasne-Mohawk Police Service and the CBSA for working together and sharing timely information that led to the arrests.”
– Jeff Davidson, Director, CBSA Enforcement and Intelligence Operations Division
I have said it time and time again here on CFN that no bridge should exist in Cornwall at all since it is the most notorous point of entry for smuggling and in 1991 a woman who was one of the librarians in Cornwall showed me an article in Time magazine about Cornwall being known as “Smugglers Alley” and there should be patrols up and down the St. Lawrence River by the customs agents and police.
So many illegals here in Canada just like in the US and when something mighty bad happens then they all wonder why and how. Take down the bridge because society is no longer the same. We used to come and go across the bridge to the US and back and no problems but today we are living in a different society with mighty evil people and mighty evil money hungry gangs – mafia – who are exploiting things for gain like what happened to the little Syrian boy Ailan and many many others who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Former Libyan leader Mommar Ghadafi said before he was murdered that the Mediterranean Sea would be a place of death or something along those words and he was right. The same with the St. Lawrence river where there were Pakistanis who were being smuggled from Canada to the US by the Native people and they drowned. Stop the smuggling and take down the bridge.