CBSA stop leads to U.S. impaired driver at Sault border: police

U.S. and Canadian flags are seen on a transport truck trailer at a Canada-U.S. border crossing in 2025. (File photo/Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)

Police say a 38-year-old woman from Flint, Mich., is facing impaired driving charges after Canada Border Services Agency officers intercepted her vehicle at the Sault Ste. Marie port of entry.

Border officers detect impairment

According to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, 911 operators were informed that CBSA officers had the accused in custody for operation while impaired after her breath sample on an approved screening device registered above the legal limit shortly after 6:30 p.m. on July 9.

“Sault police were dispatched to the CBSA Sault Ste. Marie port of entry and took custody of the accused,” police said in a news release.

“The accused was transported to the Police Services Building where they provided multiple breath samples to a qualified technician, all of which registered above the legal limit.”

Charges laid, court date set

As a result, the accused has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle and two impaired driving offences, including operation with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

The woman was released on an appearance notice and is scheduled to appear in a Canadian courtroom on Aug. 10.