Smoke bomb closed N.B.-Maine border Sunday

[alp227]

Source: CBC

A 22-year-old Canadian with a homemade smoke bomb in his car closed the Canada- U.S. border for two hours Sunday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday in a release.

At about 3:30 p.m. AT, the Canadian citizen arrived at the Woodstock, N.B. and Houlton, Me., port of entry for arrival into the United States.

During an inspection, a customs and border protection officer discovered a suspicious device in the trunk of the vehicle that resembled a homemade bomb.

The individual was then secured and detained, and all local, state, federal and international partners were notified of the situation, the agency said.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/10/17/nb-woodstock-border-smoke-bomb.html

[kestrel91316]

1. He's lucky our border folks didn't just shoot him. Terra! Terra! Terra!

[rucognizant]

5. Naw.............

They called it like it was....... ( foolish kid ) this isn't NY City it;s the Maine woods........we have reciprocity between the state & province..intermarriage, exchange college students, cross boarder shopping, relatives both sides......Campobello resident use the nearest hospital in MAine.

[kestrel91316]

6. I figured it was some stoopit kid.

[iandhr]

2. what an idiot

[bluedigger]

3. What they left out: almost no one inconvenienced.

I would guess that crossing gets single digit action over a two hour period on a Sunday afternoon, but I could be wrong. In any case, his explanation is plausible. Dumb, not malicious.

[bigworld]

4. I'm thinking more Trailer Park Boys than Taliban

[ret5hd]

10. One of my favorite shows!

[formercia]

7. It's pretty quiet in that neck of the woods

That young man gets today's award for 'Dumbest Hammer in the Bag.'

He's in the Bag. Enjoy your stay.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Houlton is a fairly major crossing from Maritime Canada.

I could name some crossings that would be in the single digit range but Houlton is on I-95 and is the preferred crossing point for many going to NB or PEI, plus it has a fairly steady stream of local border hoppers looking for services or visiting family on the other side. It's not like some of the extremely popular border crossings but it's not exactly a remote outpost.

[tonekat]

9. Smoooooke On The Border....

Doot doot doo, doot doot doo doo, doot doot doo, doot doo.