Beatles-autographed Baseball Lands Indiana Man In Handcuffs at Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

By Curtis Everts

Wednesday October 24th, 2012

Posted at 5:19pm

File photo, Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

An Indiana man, heading to Canada thorough the Detroit-Windsor tunnel to see some autographed goods in Toronto, was busted by Canada Border Services Agency officers for failing to declare the goods back in September.

In a report released today detailing Canada Border Services infractions in September, the man reportedly entered Canada on September 21st, through the tunnel, and was sent to secondary inspection to verify his “nil” declaration.

While examining the vehicle, border services officers discovered an undeclared baseball autographed by the Beatles, and several other signed items, such as record covers and booklets, valued at $90,000 US.

The 54-year-old man, who is a collector, was arrested by border services officers and charged by CBSA’s Criminal Investigations Division with failing to report goods, making false statements and evading payment of duties contrary to the Customs Act.

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AverageJoe

how about waste our time and money on real problems.. poor guy
Stephen

If I were him, i would have someone offer him $1 for the goods, ensuring the value of the goods are worth $1 and not the $90,000 assumption. Sue border control for not taking such a strict act on everyone else that gets passed scot free every day with thousands of dollars of clothes and food
JustSaying

@Laryssa Brooks
He didn’t purchase the items. He owns the items and was going to sell them to a collector in Canada. The items were rightfully his and due to greed they confiscated them. Had you found that baseball on the side of the road you wouldn’t know it any differnt from a regular baseball. The items worth is eastablished by the deman of the individual in this situation. The item has no TRUE value. Greed.