4 Muslims spotted by Maine maple sugar workers trying to enter USA

Four followers of the Prophet (three of them named after him) were arrested by the US border patrol near Millinocket ME after having been sportted by alert workers in a maple sugar bush trying to cross illegally from Canada. 

The four are named in an affidavit filed in court by a CBP agent as Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Hameed Mohammed Nagi, Ibrahim Ayyub Khan and Mohammed Sultan Saleh. They are being held (without bail) for trial on charges of entry without inspection. 

According to the affidavit, the four Muslims were spotted last Friday morning walking south along the Golden Road, a private road that stretches between the St-Zacharie QC/Maine border crossing and the town of Millinocket. 

The maple sugar workers "reported that they had heard from a third man that two occupants of a gray Nissan automobile stopped on the Golden Road were asking passersby for fuel and wi-fi to contact people they were supposed to pick up." 

Border patrol officers then headed south and "observed fresh footprints on the soft dirt of the road." Near mile marker 87, they saw the four men trying to hide in vegetation at the side of the road, one of them "acting nervously." When they were taken into custody, they said they were British citizens, "just on a hike", not meaning to cross the border, and that they did not realize they were in the US of A.

However, the CBP officer wrote, the men’s cellphones contained searches made that day for "bangor from my location", "boston from bangor" and "new york from boston", as well as "is st zacherie border crossing still used the one near quebec golden road."

The CBP also found a GoPro video in which one of the men says to the others, "I can confirm you are now on US soil." Another replies, "I'm on U.S. soil?", to which the first says, "You are on US soil. Now we are in the US." Then he exclaims, "We just made it, baby!" The video also shows a phone screen being held up with the GPS location displayed. 

The two occupants of the Nissan identified themselves as American citizens, and were asked to step out of their car. The affidavit continues: "The two complied and before the driver exited the vehicle, the (Customs and Border Protection) officer observed him reach under the driver’s seat. Observing this, the CBP officer checked under the seat and found a loaded 9mm handgun."

The two men, so far unnamed, were then taken to a border patrol station "based on their involvement in a suspected alien smuggling event." If convicted, the four potential Islamic terrorists could face sentences of up to six months in federal prison and a $5000 fine if convicted. It's the US of A, not Canada, so presumably they would be deported once they've done their time.