From: Ontario Police Reports
(Cornwall, ON – May 13, 2016) – During the early morning hours of May 5th, 2016, members of the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) working in partnership with the Sûreté du Quebec Contraband Investigation Unit (SQCIU) observed a vessel, loaded with garbage bags believed to be containing contraband tobacco, traveling east on the St. Lawrence River towards the south shores in the province of Quebec. Continual surveillance of the vessel was maintained until it reached a shoreline residence in Sainte-Barbe, Quebec.
Three individuals were observed removing the bags from the vessel and placing them on shore. When members converged on scene to arrest those involved, they were successful in arresting one male. The other two males had left the scene on the vessel which had just departed. Within minutes, the CRTF marine team was successful in stopping the involved vessel along with its two occupants. One vessel occupant felt he would escape capture by jumping into the frigid waters but was quickly rescued by marine operators.
