Does a routine search by customs officials at the border or random search of luggage constitute a detention?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Moroz, 2012 ONSC 5642 (CanLII):
Regina v. Simmons made it clear that routine searches by custom officials at the border or routine searches of luggage conducted on a random basis do not constitute a detention. The more intrusive the search, such as a strip search, would be mandated under the Customs Act only where custom officers had formed reasonable grounds for supposing that a person had contraband secreted about his/her body.
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