A transport truck crosses the border at Coutts, Alta., in a file photo from 2021.
Police revealed details about a trio of recent border crossings in Alberta and Manitoba in recent weeksRCMP responded to reports of a pair of illegal border crossings in Coutts, Alta., from the U.S. into Canada, earlier this week. The RCMP have released details on three incidents along the Canada-U.S. border officers responded to in recent weeks. The incidents involved 16 attempted border crossings and one death.
RCMP then used a tire deflation device to stop the man's vehicle south of Milk River, Alta., close to where the chase began in Coutts. The man then fled on foot, where he was pursued by police. During the pursuit, the man shot himself and was pronounced dead at the scene.The day before, on Monday morning, RCMP were notified by the U.S. Border Patrol about a potential crossing near Coutts.
Police on the ground searched the nearby woods where the group had fled and arrested them without incident. The six people were handed over to CBSA custody. Assistant commissioner Lisa Moreland, the RCMP's regional commander of federal policing in the Northwest region, noted the danger faced by people illegally crossing the border from the U.S. into Canada.
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