CBSA has new sniffer dogs, X-ray machines deployed to catch gun smugglers

Two years into the ‘gun and gang’ initiative, however, the CBSA has not yet been able to seize significantly more guns than before.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is responsible for overseeing the Canada Border Services Agency and the government's gun and gang initiative. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 11, 2020

Canada has five new “detector” dog teams guarding its borders, and new equipment and training programs on the way to help catch smuggled guns and drugs. Money from the government’s 2017 “gun and gang” initiative has been...

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