WINNIPEG AIRPORT SEIZURES

Posted on 02/24/2016 | About Winnipeg, Manitoba

Weapons disguised as cutlery and a shipment of a chemical used to make the date-rape drug were among the 300 contraband seizures made at the Winnipeg airport by the Canada Border Services Agency last year.

The agency says in a news release summarizing CBSA activity for the year that in August, customs officers seized 35 prohibited weapons in a shipment destined for an Alberta address.The package, marked “cutlery,” contained 30 five-pointed shurikens and five knives with a push dagger handle.In June, officers searched a shipment from China and found material that is used in the production of the date-rape drug.The importer was subsequently arrested by Winnipeg police.Customers officers also arrested a US man wanted for alleged possession and pandering of child sexual abuse imagery, and a Winnipeg man who eventually pleaded guilty to providing false information to the federal government on refugees.