CBP News Release

Border Patrol Assists Canadian Law Enforcement in $1 Million Seizure, 3 Arrests

(Thursday, September 25, 2008)

Buffalo, N.Y. – Agents aboard a U.S. Border Patrol interdiction vessel, supporting a Niagara Regional Police Service cross-border interdiction operation, arrested the driver of a fishing boat carrying two other suspects arrested yesterday.

Members of the Provincial Biker Enforcement Unit seized over $1 million in cash and arrested two men connected to the seizure. Both men arrested on Canadian soil had several duffle bags, each found to contain U.S. currency.

“These arrests serve as an example of the outstanding partnerships we maintain with our Canadian law enforcement counterparts,â€