Canada Border Services Agency seizes weapons, ammunition at Windsor and Niagara crossings

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28 January 2025 at 5:25 pm

Weapons and ammunition seized by CBSA during a 48-hour period at four Ontario ports of entry. (Canada Border Services Agency - image credit)

Canada Border Services Agency says it has seized six prohibited firearms, 13 magazines, two pepper sprays, brass knuckles, a switchblade and ammunition, all in a span of 48 hours and all from four ports of entry, two of which are in Windsor.

The weapons and ammunition were confiscated at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel, the Ambassador Bridge, the Peace Bridge between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ont., and the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge ports of entry, the CBSA said in a post in X, formerly Twitter.

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