A search continued Thursday in Quebec for a woman and two young children who went missing in woods near the U.S border after attempting to cross into Canada with three other people.
The RCMP say the other members of their group—two men and a woman—were arrested late Wednesday night after crossing the border illegally near Godmanchester, Que., a small municipality that borders New York state.
RCMP Cpl. Martina Pillarova said police interviewed the three people caught and learned a woman and two young children were missing in the forest.
Officers began searching the area, located 65 kilometres southwest of Montreal, shortly after midnight. Conditions were chilly, around 1 C.
They were being assisted by a tracking dog, a helicopter and resources from the Quebec provincial police.
“They might still be walking around in circles … we don’t know the situation,” Pillarova said. “We don’t know what happened to them.”
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