The Crown prosecutor has stayed nine of 30 charges that were laid against SmugglerB次元官网网址檚 Inn owner Robert Boule.

Public Prosecution Service of Canada media relations advisor Nathalie Houle told Peace Arch B次元官网网址 Tuesday that the remaining 21 charges are set for trial from Jan. 13-Feb. 5 next year.

Boule, who operates an inn on the U.S. side of 0 Avenue in Blaine, Wash., was charged earlier this year with multiple indictments relating to the smuggling of people into Canada.

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He was released on bail with more than a dozen conditions, including that Boule must turn away potential customers if they give any indication of a plan to enter Canada illegally; and, he must erect an illuminated four-by-eight-foot sign 10 feet from the border of his property that states B次元官网网址榃arning, it is illegal to enter this property.B次元官网网址�

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Houle told PAN via email that the decision to stay nine charges against Boule was made B次元官网网址渢o obtain the earliest possible dates on the most serious charges he faces and ensure that the B次元官网网址楤次元官网网址� deadline is met.B次元官网网址�

The stayed charges related to incidents alleged to have occurred between 2016-2017.

aaronhinks@peacearchnews.com
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