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    Default Caught With Drugs by U.S. Customs While Inside Canada

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Scenario is a person is in Canada airport and US Customs confiscates a controlled substance i.e., Mushrooms. What is their jurisdiction? The RCMP declined to arrest the person but US Customs fined $500 USD. Is this the end of prosecution from US side or will it go to Felony at a federal or state level?

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    Default Re: Caught With Drugs by U.S. Customs While Inside Canada

    This is one of the programs where, for example, you go through U.S. Customs at a Canadian airport (e.g., in Toronto), so that you don't have to go through customs on the U.S. side when your plane arrives? I think it's unlikely under that type of circumstance that U.S. criminal charges would follow.

    However, this will haunt the person if they ever again try to enter the United States or get a visa - they may find themselves turned back at the border.

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