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<\/p>\nSUMAS, Wash. \u2014 (from: The Bellingham Herald)<\/p>\n
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested one man Tuesday and were searching for another in a remote area along the U.S.-Canadian border in northwest Washington, after the agents encountered the camouflaged pair and one shot at them, officials said.<\/p>\n
Michael Milne, a spokesman with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said the agents were on patrol Tuesday morning when they encountered the pair in the Columbia Valley, a forested area east of Sumas well-known as a drug-smuggling corridor. They were wearing camouflage and carrying backpacks, he said.<\/p>\n
“One of the subjects fired at the agents and fled into the woods,” Milne said. “The other individual was apprehended.”<\/p>\n
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No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
Whatcom County Undersheriff Jeff Parks said deputies were called to help.<\/p>\n
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Police Constable Ian MacDonald said the incident happened on the U.S. side, and that Canadian police were told the second suspect might have made his way into Canada.<\/p>\n
Agents set up road blocks and a helicopter scoured the area.<\/p>\n
Sumas is 95 miles north of Seattle on Highway 9. It is 22 miles east of the main border crossing on Interstate 5 at Blaine.<\/p>\n
Police in Abbotsford, British Columbia, say a man suspected of shooting at U.S. Border Patrol agents Tuesday near Sumas was arrested at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday across the border at a residence in Abbotsford.<\/p>\n
Police say in a statement he is a B.C. resident known to police.<\/p>\n
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Michael Milne said agents on patrol Tuesday encountered two men in camouflage and wearing backpacks in the Columbia Valley, a forested area known as a drug-smuggling corridor. One of the men fired at the agents and fled. He was the subject of a search by multiple agencies on both sides of the border until his arrest.<\/p>\n
The other man was arrested Tuesday and is making his first court appearance at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in federal court in Seattle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SUMAS, Wash. \u2014 (from: The Bellingham Herald) U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested one man Tuesday and were searching for another in a remote area along the U.S.-Canadian border in northwest Washington, after the agents encountered the camouflaged pair and one … Continue reading