Syrian man arrested at US-Canada border is freed
A Syrian man arrested as a potential national security threat after he crossed the U.S.-Canada border into British Columbia with nearly $1 million in gold and cash was freed from custody Thursday.
Khaled Nawaya, a Saudi Arabian-born Syrian man who was living in the United States, was arrested by Canadian border agents when they found CA$800,000 ($758,000) in gold coins and other currency on him on Oct. 6 as he crossed into Surrey, B.C. Nawaya had not been charged with a crime.
…Besides the gold, Canadian border agents also found a ring bearing the insignia of Hezbollah, which has been listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government since 2002. They also found DVDs about Sept. 11, 2001 attacks conspiracy theories and a scarf adorned with the images of a former Israeli prime minister and a U.S. president depicted as monkeys.