Alberta RCMP Arrest 11 People at Coutts Border Crossing, Seize Weapons

An RCMP helicopter flies over as a truck convoy demonstrating against COVID-19 mandates continues to block the highway at the U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., on Feb. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

RCMP said they have arrested 11 people at the Coutts border crossing protest in southern Alberta.

In a news release on Feb. 14, the Mounties said they received information in the early morning that a “small organized group” within the larger Coutts protest had access to a cache of firearms and ammunition.