Smoke bomb closed N.B.-Maine border Sunday

alp227

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Mon Oct-17-11 05:20 PM
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Smoke bomb closed N.B.-Maine border Sunday

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

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kestrel91316

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Mon Oct-17-11 05:25 PM
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1. He's lucky our border folks didn't just shoot him. Terra! Terra! Terra!

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rucognizant

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Mon Oct-17-11 06:07 PM
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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.

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kestrel91316

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Mon Oct-17-11 06:18 PM
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6. I figured it was some stoopit kid.

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iandhr

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Mon Oct-17-11 05:32 PM
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2. what an idiot

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bluedigger

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Mon Oct-17-11 05:46 PM
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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.

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bigworld

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Mon Oct-17-11 05:51 PM
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4. I'm thinking more Trailer Park Boys than Taliban

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ret5hd

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Tue Oct-18-11 08:41 AM
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10. One of my favorite shows!

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formercia

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Mon Oct-17-11 06:32 PM
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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.

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Gormy Cuss

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Mon Oct-17-11 07:56 PM
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8. Houlton is a fairly major crossing from Maritime Canada.

Edited on Mon Oct-17-11 08:27 PM by Gormy Cuss

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.

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tonekat

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Tue Oct-18-11 07:14 AM
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9. Smoooooke On The Border....

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

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