Coutts border blockaders facing more charges

Anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators leave in a truck convoy after blocking the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh THE CANADIAN PRESS

Alberta RCMP have laid more charges connected to its investigation into the Coutts border blockade that happened earlier this year.

Thirty-two-year-old Marco Van Huigenbos from Fort Macleod, 53-year-old Alex Van Herk from Fort Macleod, and 43-year-old Gerhard (George) Janzen from Taber are facing one charge each of mischief over $5,000.

Mounties say the three men were “key participants” at the blockades. They have been released, and are set to appear in court in Lethbridge Oct. 4.

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Officers add previous charges that were laid against a 62-year-old and 39-year-old have since been withdrawn.

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