C.B.P. News Release

CBP Officers Encounter Stolen Vehicle at Ambassador Bridge

(Wednesday, April 08, 2009)

Detroit – On April 7, at approximately 4:12 p.m., a Michigan plated 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix with one occupant became lost at the Duty Free Plaza on the U.S. side of the Ambassador Bridge.

The driver of the vehicle was directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection primary lanes in order to return to Detroit but instead he failed to stop for inspection and ended up fleeing to Canada after evading CBP officers, one of whom fired a shot at the vehicle.

The vehicle, reportedly stolen in Detroit earlier in the afternoon, got “lostâ€