The RCMP disrupted two unauthorized border crossings in Alberta this week, resulting in the detention of nine people and the death of another who attempted to evade law enforcement.
An American national attempted to cross into Canada from the United States at the Coutts border crossing in Alberta on Feb. 4, RCMP assistant commissioner Lisa Moreland said during a press conference the following day.
The man was asked to pull his vehicle over to secondary inspection at the border crossing when he arrived at 7:45 a.m., but instead he fled the scene, driving north into Canada, Moreland said.
Border officers notified the RCMP and officers chased the man through the Alberta communities of Lethbridge and Raymond, before a spike belt was used to deflate the tires of the vehicle he was driving some 20 kilometres from the border, she said….