Wildlife Inspectors just completed an 8-day check station in conjunction with U.S. Customs at the border port of Alcan. While both inbound and outbound traffic were checked, most consisted of hunters returning to the lower 48 from Alaskan hunting trips and a few late season tourists. Before the wildlife check station began, Customs inspectors searched a southbound motor home when its occupants appeared overly nervous. They found a quantity of marijuana hidden in the motor home, concealed with the drugs were several walrus tusks.
Investigation is pending.
The Continuing Saga of the Infamous Buck McNeely and Jim Fejes SA Birchell's work continues in this Lacey Act case involving the illegal take and transport of caribou by Buck McNeely and Jim Fejes. After an appeal process that has lasted for over a year, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled that a Piper Super Cub aircraft seized from Alaskan big-game guide James Fejes should be forfeited to the government. The judge ordered that a Cessna 185, which also was seized, be returned. Fejes had been previously convicted of multiple Lacey Act violations. The Super Cub was used to illegally take and transport caribou.