Scuba Diver Caught Smuggling Drugs Across U.S.-Canada Border

[Jon_R]

That I don't know about. But all the over-water/highway crossings of Ontario, there's no way to get through without getting checked out by a border patrol officer.

Yep don't go where the guys with badges and guns are. Wikipedia says US and Canada share 5500 miles of border.... I have crossed in buffalo and North of Syracuse and they checked me out. Thought they were not going to let me back in us. Was wondering what I do from there. Guess head to Montana.


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[dfx]

Yep don't go where the guys with badges and guns are. Wikipedia says US and Canada share 5500 miles of border.... I have crossed in buffalo and North of Syracuse and they checked me out. Thought they were not going to let me back in us. Was wondering what I do from there. Guess head to Montana.

Honestly I'd be surprised if even the border that run through vast nothingness (ND/MT/SK/MO) isn't strictly guarded and under surveillance. The whole border was seriously locked down after 9/11. And even there is such a place, the shortest drive from Windsor to somewhere that might allow undetected crossing is 24 hours non-stop.

 

[toddthecat]

Honestly I'd be surprised if even the border that run through vast nothingness (ND/MT/SK/MO) isn't strictly guarded and under surveillance.

Well the U.S/Mexico border is strictly guarded and under surveillance and look how well that's working out. Even fences and a river don't impede anyone and that's 1,951 miles compared to that 5,500. The U.S. won't be to worried with Canadians crossing over. Why would you leave free healthcare, decent education systems, and lower crime rates? If anyone should be worried it should be Canadians about people moving north, not south...

 

[KeithG]

Honestly I'd be surprised if even the border that run through vast nothingness (ND/MT/SK/MO) isn't strictly guarded and under surveillance. The whole border was seriously locked down after 9/11. And even there is such a place, the shortest drive from Windsor to somewhere that might allow undetected crossing is 24 hours non-stop.

Unless you have a boat....

 

[Jared0425]

I work for the Sheriff office that has him in custody. If you want to get into the US without all the PITA stuff, go across the lakes. They have not checked us out yet and I know for a fact that they are not routinely patrolled as of yet. I still don't understand why he had to smuggle it while scuba diving, when it is extremely cheap and not hard to get a hold of here. A few years ago we busted a gun runner trying to take fully automatic rifles into Canada, now that's a real threat.

 

[shoredivr]

Drones. That's what's on for vast stretches like Montana.

 

[dfx]

Well the U.S/Mexico border is strictly guarded and under surveillance and look how well that's working out. Even fences and a river don't impede anyone and that's 1,951 miles compared to that 5,500.

Why, they did catch him, didn't they? :tongue:

The U.S. won't be to worried with Canadians crossing over. Why would you leave free healthcare, decent education systems, and lower crime rates? If anyone should be worried it should be Canadians about people moving north, not south...

That's not what my experience has been. Entering the US from Canada is much more painful than the other way around, up to the point where I still have to give my fingerprints every 3 months (and pay for that) even with my Canadian permanent residency. And going by plane is an entirely different matter again, requiring an entirely different set of bureaucracy (which again you have to pay for).

 

[ScubaSteve]

Drones. That's what's on for vast stretches like Montana.

Or the Canadian equivalent of the Drones......

 

[nimoh]

I work for the Sheriff office that has him in custody. If you want to get into the US without all the PITA stuff, go across the lakes. They have not checked us out yet and I know for a fact that they are not routinely patrolled as of yet. I still don't understand why he had to smuggle it while scuba diving, when it is extremely cheap and not hard to get a hold of here. A few years ago we busted a gun runner trying to take fully automatic rifles into Canada, now that's a real threat.

so you work for the Sheriff's office, and are providing suggestions for circumventing the law? seems like a little conflict of interest there.

 

[ScubaSteve]

so you work for the Sheriff's office, and are providing suggestions for circumventing the law? seems like a little conflict of interest there.

Maybe this is all just an elaborate set-up for a sting operation for a large shipment of drugs that gets brought across the lake as suggested in this thread