Border services seize 75 guns in Alberta
Largest-ever weapons cache found at Coutts crossing in U.S. truck headed to Alaska
CBC News
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 2:58 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 22, 2012 5:25 PM CST
Officials seized a huge collection of weapons at the Coutts border crossing on Tuesday. (Courtesy CBSA)
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Border officials say they made the largest handgun seizure in the history of the Canadian-U.S. crossing at Coutts, Alta., on Tuesday.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers found the weapons cache in a vehicle being driven by a Florida man who said he was heading to Alaska.
The 54-year-old man said he had no guns, but a secondary search turned up 75 firearms, including 48 handguns — four of them loaded — officials said.
Twelve high-capacity magazines, a crossbow and a blowgun were also found among the weapons hidden in the pickup truck, officials said.
The man was arrested and turned over to the RCMP. He faces 10 charges, with more pending.
A court appearance has been set for Feb. 23 in Lethbridge, Alta.
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