A number of travellers are a little light in the pocket book for trying to undervalue the cost of their U.S. purchases at the Fort Frances border.Canadian Customs officers seized goods in nine cases and issued warnings to another 15 travellers last month.
In one case, a U.S. resident entering Canada declared $572 in goods he planned to leave in Canada.
When officers did an inspection, they found another $740 in undeclared items, costing the man $606 in penalties to get them back.
He would have paid $49 if he had legally declared the extra goods.
