Gun smugglers arrested in Montana at remote border crossing [Video]

Two Canadian men smuggling guns were arrested recently in northern Montana near a remote border crossing.

One of the men illegally crossed into Canada from Montana in the area between Val Marie, Saskatchewan and Morgan, Montana.

The man then re-entered the United States illegally in the same location soon after and drove away in a truck, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a Monday press statement. The vehicle was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol officers and the two 19-year-old men were arrested.

RCMP officers searched the area in Saskatchewan where the crossing occurred and found a box containing a pistol that is prohibited in Canada.

The Jan. 6 arrests prompted a search of a home in Saskatoon where officers “found quantities of chemicals and compounds in several different locations that required …