Canadian police moved in to remove and arrest protesters opposed to Covid-19 vaccine mandates who have been blocking the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge between the United States and Canada early Sunday.
Ontario’s Windsor Police said in a tweet that enforcement actions continued at the key U.S.-Canadian border crossing with arrests were being made and vehicles being towed away.
“There will be zero tolerance for illegal activity. The public should avoid the area,” police force said in another tweet.
Television images showed officers arresting the few protesters who remained just after dawn near the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario — the busiest border crossing to the U.S., the Associated Press reported.
Only two pickup trucks and less than a dozen protesters blocked the road to the bridge before police moved in, according to the AP.
On Saturday, some protesters doubled down on their defiance and new crowds gathered, further delaying the process of clearing the blockade.
The closure of the bridge, which carries more than one-fourth of the trade between the U.S. and Canada, has impacted an estimated $392.56 million a day in cross-border transactions.
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