Investigation continues into how officials on the Canada-U.S. border mistook two berry farm workers to be drug smugglers
In a statement, the Abbotsford Police Department said the two men were mistakenly detained during a search for suspected drug smugglers in the area.An investigation is under way after two Mexican nationals – in British Columbia to work on a berry farm – were mistakenly caught up in a search for drug smugglers along the Canada-United States border.
“We are aware that concerns have been raised regarding the detention of some men late in the evening on July 20, 2020 at an Abbotsford farm,” the statement said. “The Abbotsford Police Department and RCMP have ensured there are open lines of communications between our agencies and the Mexican Consulate in order to address the matter and the concerns raised,” the statement said.In her letter, Ms. Diaz Ceballos said one of the workers was taken to a hospital, where one of the police officers involved in the incident subsequently came to take a picture of him.
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