It was supposed to be a fun February outing for Calgarian Krisztian Riez — a quick day trip across the border to Montana to pick up up a friend, grab a bite to eat, and then head back home to Alberta.

His friend’s daughter (who is also his goddaughter) was supposed to join them, too, but ended up being too sick with the flu to travel.

To make the trip more comfortable, Riez decided to rent a minivan through Turo ,a peer-to-peer rental company that uses the advertising slogan, “skip the rental car counter.”

It’s a company Riez said he’s rented from before — about a half dozen times.

All went as planned until they arrived back at the international border and officers with the Canadian Border Services Agency, pulled them aside for some secondary screening.

“There was a big shed or som

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