Pubdate: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 Source: Regina Leader-Post (CN SN) Copyright: 2011 The Leader-Post Ltd. Contact: http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/361 Page: A9 Author: Aldo Santin FEDS TO REVIEW BORDER ARREST OF SENIOR WINNIPEG =AD The Minnesota grandmother who was wrongly jailed at the Remand Centre for 12 days on suspicion of smuggling heroin into Manitoba says federal officials owe her an apology and compensation for the debt incurred to cover her legal costs. Janet Goodin, 66, said she is pleased to know that the Canada Border Services Agency is preparing a report on her arrest but said she's owed more than that. I would like an apology and I would like the charges to be withdrawn,=94 Goodin said. =93My daughters had to borrow at least $5,000 to cover my legal costs and that money should be recouped, too.=94 Goodin was arrested April 20 by CBSA guards at the Sprague, Man., port of entry after a preliminary field test showed a canning jar of motor oil in her van tested positive for traces of heroin. She was handcuffed, detained and strip-searched by border guards and then turned over to the RCMP, who charged her with three heroin-trafficking related offences. Goodin, a grandmother and a retired Girl Scout administrator, was denied bail and held in jail for 12 days before a more thorough analysis by the RCMP revealed the jar contained only motor oil. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Tuesday that he has requested a report from the president of the CBSA into Goodin's detention. Whether there were any errors or changes that need to be made, I'll have to wait until I receive a full report,=94 Toews said. Toews said he would not comment on whether the Canadian government would issue an apology to Goodin. Whatever actions are appropriate, either CSBA or the government will take. =94 CBSA official Carl Jarvin, the acting manager of programs for the Prairie region, said the field test conducted by the border guards has proven infallible in the past, adding he couldn't explain why there was a false positive in Goodin's case. I'm not aware of a similar case in my 23 years like this one,=94 Jarvin said. =93This is completely unusual.=94 Jarvin said the field-testing procedure used by CBSA border guards is the same one used by several law enforcement agencies. He said that while the findings of the field test are not allowed in court, the results are recognized as grounds to detain suspected individuals of drug smuggling. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart