Nine people were detained trying to cross the border from Canada to the U.S. at “illegal ports of entry” on Tuesday after the group called police for help as some were experiencing hypothermia, a Minnesota police official says.
Roseau County Sheriff Steve Gust said some in the group were detained after calling 911 in the morning for help. Others were sent to hospital for treatment for hypothermia, he told The Canadian Press.
Gust said the group was trying to enter Minnesota from Manitoba through a wooded area near Sprague, Man., about 145 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg. Roseau is about 20 kilometres south of Minnesota’s shared border with Manitoba.
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