U.S. Customs and Border Protection is revealing some details about a multi-day border checkpoint operation that caused major northbound delays for travellers heading back into Canada.
Multiple unexpected checkpoints appeared just before the Peace Arch border crossing this past week.
“Every single car, they opened up the hood,” Len Saunders, a U.S. immigration lawyer who has worked in Blaine, WA. for 25 years said.
U.S. border officials said as part of its national security mission, border agents routinely conduct inspections on outbound traffic.
As Global’s Taya Fast reports, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection are now sharing what was seized during several days of searches.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11171539/us-border-officials-contraband-seized-additional-bc-checkpoints/
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They want the public to get used to it to prevent Americans from leaving like Women getting health care
What’s up with these non-Canadian reporters?
USA turning into communism…
Wake up yankees.
A big "welcome to our home" from our good friends.
Power trip by the US….I'd bet that 99% of the contraband crossing the border is in American tagged vehicles…
So American are bringing drugs, guns and ammo INTO Canada….and Americans are worried about Canadians
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Travel Advisory 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Fascist Trump Authoritarianism may land you in PRISON without representation. TELL FRIENDS.
Having those extra check points is actually a good thing. Keeps the drugs, illegal firearms and ammunition out of Canada. Plus it will show Trump that the drugs do not come from Canada but from the USA. These criminals will be tried and jailed in America where penalties are more severe than in Canada. All that will be on American tax dollars not Canadian tax dollars. It's not a nail in the coffin, it's actually an omen.
Another well thought out plan. Keep it up. Love it!
Bless the US guys !!!!
Hmm…highway inspections….just like in WWII. GO AMERICA.🤮💩
The US is responsible for most illegal drugs and firearms in Canada.
About time they dealt with it.
The US is cracking down on ammunition? Huh!
The US made a big fuss about drugs and criminals crossing into their country and demanded Canada increase border patrols so they did. However it was reported a lot of drugs and guns in Canada had come through the US border so they were expected to increase their border patrols to stop that. This must be part of that?
Of course this is Trump’s America attempting to punish Canada.
USA is leading the way to a police state, Mother Russia is so proud. And the Conservatives are all for it, of course. Keep wasting money, you idiots.
Maybe if America did this before they would have had less junkies overdosing on fentanyl
why is the media inventing stories? they have been doing this for decades, relax.
They don`t cross at the crossings. There is too much space between out there to say exactly, be honest.
I assume it's some ham handed way for Trump's Project 2025 gang to pressure Canada to negotiate on tariffs. Here's to it failing spectacularly!
Oh my god, security, stay home, I'm afraid!
They checked before the Canadian border guards saw them. Also the stuff was coming to Canada not the states.
Just petty harassment as payback for BC proposing to charge a toll on US vehicles and potentially direction from the US government to make travel north undesirable for Americans looking to travel and shop in Canada. All of this is done under the auspices of searching for ITAR products headed north.
The Trump Police State.
Are the American border patrol doing the same thing at the Mexican/US border?
It’s about time. Make Canada safe from USA
Been seeing reports of Canadians coming back to Canada and having to go and pay duties on goods purchased. Why would the Liberal government want to punish Canadians for been able to pursue their freedom of choice? Oh wait my bad, truckers convoy, RCMP beating and trampling citizens, emergencies act unlawfully instituted. Elbows up everyone 🤮
David Eby needs to be put in prison for life. He is worse than a drug trafficker. Global News is always peddling misinformation and propaganda. How stupid? Did you think there would be drugs in every car?
Homeland security is a freakin joke. The criminals are in charge and trying to intimidate people.
Stating that the operation was "a colossal waste of time" is based on the assumption that the stated goal of enhancing security can be beleived. I strongly suspect that the actual goal is to poison the international relationship, specifically working to get US right-wing voters to view Canada as an adversary. That shift has already begun according to published polling data. This stunt gives me a bad, bad feeling about the future of the relationship.
Thank you. Safer communities for all in these perilous times. Thanks officers.
Wasnt waste of time please look past this
@stevemack7110 lol
It is now illegal to smuggle eggs out of AmeriKa.
The extra search has nothing to do with weapons and drugs. This is an exercise to prepare to find pregnant women seeking an abortion in Canada.
How dare you take this contraband out of the country!
Looking for contraband is a distraction, because this is going to be the new normal.
Saying that they are "looking for contraband", and "routine", is just to make it acceptable, and get you used to them.
Welcome to the Soviet States of America.
Good for them i dont care if they have to wait .will stop guns and drugs from coming into canada.good job guys for doing ur jobs
As long as there are users drugs will flow but the goal is to reduce the flow ?
Oh please. Their dollar is w orth bank here. They will come!
if they find one drug car that what counts
They have the right to check because you guys don’t check on that side
This is the result of the attitude of the Mob Boss now in the White House. Now showing up at the street level. I genuinely feel for folks who must travel to the states. Family illnesses and other unavoidable commitments. Don't need to go? Don't.
If they are searching, do you think there going to skip obvious places to search. Just don’t go.
They would have to remove the contents and search every semi trailer crossing the border to make any difference.