Big Brother is watching~

[snow]

Curious how the agents/patrol's caught these guyz? Also makes a guy wonder how many folks travel back and forth on our northern border.


INTERNATIONAL FALLS—Seven people were detained Saturday after allegedly crossing from Canada to the United States illegally.

According to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, border patrol agents saw five snowmobiles travel south from Canada and enter the U.S. on Rainy Lake near Dryweed Island. While investigating, agents found seven people at a local lodge.


All seven were U.S. citizens who had been fishing in Canada, the release said. Three of the detainees said they were working as fishing guides for the other four. The guides were cited for failing to report arrival into the U.S., the four clients were issued an administrative warning and the five snowmobiles were seized.

Once open water becomes a solid surface it is treated as a land boundary, the release said, and once an international border is crossed, a person must seek re-admission at a designated port of entry

 

[Chas'n Tail]

What a bunch of dumb asses. deserved to be caught.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Doesn't make any sense. Not sure why a guide would illegally cross and why 3 guides for 4 guys? Weird.

 

[Davey Crockett]

]Curious how the agents/patrol's caught these guyz? [/B]Also makes a guy wonder how many folks travel back and forth on our northern border.


INTERNATIONAL FALLS—Seven people were detained Saturday after allegedly crossing from Canada to the United States illegally.

According to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, border patrol agents saw five snowmobiles travel south from Canada and enter the U.S. on Rainy Lake near Dryweed Island. While investigating, agents found seven people at a local lodge.


All seven were U.S. citizens who had been fishing in Canada, the release said. Three of the detainees said they were working as fishing guides for the other four. The guides were cited for failing to report arrival into the U.S., the four clients were issued an administrative warning and the five snowmobiles were seized.

Once open water becomes a solid surface it is treated as a land boundary, the release said, and once an international border is crossed, a person must seek re-admission at a designated port of entry

I'd guess binoculars. Our local lake is on both sides of the border and it's not out of the ordinary to see border patrol vehicles parked in an area where they can watch.

 

[Rowdie]

We should just TAKE Canada....Can't believe the US let them keep it to begin with.

 

[shorthairsrus]

Dui is why most cross via snowmobile.

 

[Sum1]

We need a wall up there.

 

[tikkalover]

They know where you are more then you think. Every time you use your cell phone, the navigation system in your car, every time you are on your computer and with all the security cameras going up all over the place. All I can say is good luck hiding.

 

[Retired Educator]

Big brother does watch the border. Not saying they catch them all but much of the border has sensors that detect illegal crossings. Not saying they catch them all but they do have an idea where to watch. Biggest problem in some areas is the sensors also pick up animals that cross and result in false reports. Currently not illegal for animals to cross back and forth without reporting at the border station.

 

[Allen]

Were they illegally fishing up on the Canada side? Guess I don't know the rules very well, but just curious if Canada could cite them for game violations as well if they were up there fishing.

 

[TFX 186]

I'm assuming they crossed into Canada earlier and were fishing.
It's hard to say what exactly went on prior to them crossing back into the US. If they didn't check into the Canadian Customs before crossing into Canada, that would be illegal. If they were fishing in Canada, they would need Canadian fishing license also. I'm not sure if the Canadians will get involved in this or not. Not sure if the American government would contact the Canadians about this or if the Canadians would just wait for them to try and cross again to catch up with them.

Fish On!

 

[littlefish]

if the canadians want to, they will call the us wardens to meet at the border and then they both follow them back to the resort to check everything. A few yrs ago they were doing that on the north side of low and if you had left over cooked fish in your fridge each piece of
fried fish was one over the limit

 

[raider]

i lived in northern mn in the 80's... LOTS of weed was run into canada from the us side on snowmobiles all along the border... course, the 18 year old drinking age had us making plenty of weekend trips as well... anyone remember the piney bar???

 

[johnr]

I would have offered a molson and said ehh