These are dynamic situations’: 1 dead, 9 arrested in separate border raids

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'These are  dynamic situations': 1 dead, 9  arrested in separate border  raids in  Alberta.
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VIDEO: One person is dead after an incident at the Coutts border crossing. The situation escalated when a driver fled north  onto the southbound lanes of Highway 2. As Sarah Offin reports, the incident also turned a rural Alberta property into a crime  scene.
One person  died and nine others were taken into custody  by the Canada Border Services Agency this week  after two separate  raids near Alberta's border with the United  States.
At a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland, regional  commander of the RCMP's Northwest Region, spoke about the two incidents near Coutts, Alta.  This week and last month near Emerson,  Manitoba.Not a valid attachment ID.
The latest attempted border incursion Moreland  is talking about  happened Tuesday and  prompted an alert to the Alberta  Major Incident Response  Team, the province's police  watchdog.
In that case, Moreland said a U.S.  citizen attempted to enter Canada at the  border crossing near Coutts  around 7:45 a.m. and was  diverted to a secondary inspection area. At that point,  he said he  left the port of entry and  the RCMP and Lethbridge Police Service were  called.
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She said the suspect vehicle was located near Raymond, Alta., and officers  attempted to  stop the  driver, but the vehicle  would not stop. She said officers later saw the driver holding what they believed was a gun. A  compressed air deflation device was deployed near  the Milk River,  Alberta. The vehicle  stopped and Moreland said the driver fled  on foot while being pursued by  the Mounties.
At one point, while being  pursued, Moreland said the  individual shot himself and was pronounced dead at the  scene.
Moreland said Tuesday's incident highlighted how quickly the RCMP  can respond to  attempted illegal  crossings, as well as "the  risks our officers and CBSA officers face at the  border."
"These situations are dynamic,"  he said. A suspicious truck at the Coutts border crossing on  February 4,  2025. A suspicious truck at the Coutts border crossing on  February 4, 2025.  Provided by  RCMP
The RCMP says the  Mounted Police also responded to a  possible border incursion near Coutts at 6:16 a.m. local time on Monday after the  U.S. Border Patrol contacted  the RCMP. Moreland said officers found four adults and five youths  traveling on foot and with suitcases. She said all nine were  turned over to the CBSA for  processing.
In addition to reiterating that people should not  attempt to cross illegally, Moreland noted that the weather conditions were  "extremely cold" in all three incidents and that the people  attempting to cross the border were not properly dressed for Canadian winter  conditions.
"There is a cross-border  aspect, but also  a humanitarian aspect," she said.  "[There were] incidents where people  were unable to cross."
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Four adults and five  youths attempted to cross the Canada-U.S. border near Coutts on foot on Feb.  2. February 3,  2025. Four adults and five  youths attempt to cross the Canada-U.S. border on foot  near Coutts, February 3, 2025.  Photo provided by RCMP
The issue of border security has been  at the  center of national  news for  weeks. Since last month, U.S. President Donald Trump has  threatened to impose  a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and  a 10% tariff on energy imported from Canada. He said one of the reasons  he is considering the  measure is because he would like  to see Canada  increase its border operations to prevent illegal  immigrants and fentanyl from crossing into the  United States. On Monday, Trump  suspended the planned implementation of  the tariffs for 30 days after Canada pledged to spend more money to  fight organized crime, said it would appoint a "fentanyl czar" and designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

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