SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two Texas men who tried to bring hidden guns along on separate Canadian vacations on the weekend have lost their guns, been fined and sent home.
Crown attorney Peter Thorn said the men, both retirees in their 50s from the Dallas area, came separately across the border with their wives at St. Stephen, N.B.
They arrived a day apart, and there is no indication they knew each other.
Thorn said he told the judge at a court hearing that 56-year-old Than Jeffrey Do arrived shortly before 10 a.m. on Saturday.
He and his wife told a border officer they were not carrying weapons, but were pulled over for a secondary inspection that uncovered three handguns, a shotgun and pepper spray.
Thorn said 57-year-old Lloyd Norman Chaffin came across around 2 p.m. the next day with his wife.
They also denied carrying weapons, but during a secondary inspection admitted there was a handgun in their motor home's safe.
Thorn said Judge Henrik Tonning fined Do $1,700 and Chaffin $1,000. Their guns were destroyed, and both men were told to leave the country.
