Charges laid in Grand Falls in joint N.B.-U.S. wildlife investigation

Charges were laid in Grand Falls provincial court on Thursday in connection with a joint investigation by New Brunswick and U.S. wildlife officers.

No details about the nature of the charges or the accused have been released, based on an order made by Judge Paul Duffie.

But CBC News believes the charges are under the Fish and Wildlife Act and involve six Canadians and two Americans, who were arrested at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Fort Fairfield, Maine, on Jan. 20.

The arrests stemmed from an investigation by 20 conservation officers with the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, two game wardens from Maine, and four agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A large number of items related to the investigation were also seized during the execution of a search warrant in Plaster Rock, N.B., on Jan. 20.