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The stamp bears an image of British Columbia’s Kootenay National Park, issued to mark its 100th anniversary, which appears on Canada Post coils of 50 stamps for U.S.-bound mail. That stamp design was issued Jan. 13. The same stamps were used to send ricin to law enforcement agencies in Texas around the same time.
The envelope is postmarked in Quebec and bears a stamp showing it was received at the U.S. postal sorting facility on Sept. 17.
The letter did not make it to the White House, where it was addressed to, nor to Trump. Instead, it was examined and found to be suspicious by U.S. Secret Service the next day.
As police were investigating the letter, a woman arrived at the Peace Bridge border crossing between Fort Erie, Ont., and Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 20, and told U.S. border guards she was wanted by the FBI for the ricin letters, U.S. authorities said.
Pascale Cécile Véronique Ferrier, 53, of St-Hubert, Que., was arrested on the spot. She had a gun tucked in her waistband and a knife in her pocket, prosecutors allege.
In a backpack, border guards found a semi-automatic handgun loaded with seven rounds of ammunition, a knife and a backpack stuffed with 294 bullets, a stun gun, pepper spray, a collapsible baton and a fake Texas driver’s licence.
Although Ferrier is a dual citizen of Canada and France, where she was born, she had only her Canadian passport with her at the border, court heard.
Along with photos of the letter and envelope addressed to Trump, photos of the guns and ammunition, and a Texas driver’s licence bearing her photo but the name Jane Ferrier were also entered into court as exhibits.
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