Windsor cops charge two people in Ambassador Bridge blockade

Windsor police say they have charged two people they allege led a February truck convoy that blocked North America’s busiest international land border crossing.

Police say the 41-year-old man and 42-year-old woman are alleged organizers of the dayslong convoy protest that stopped traffic on the Windsor side of the Ambassador Bridge in early February.

They have both been charged with mischief.

Police say that on Feb. 9, officers saw two vehicles drive into an intersection at Huron Church Rd. and Tecumseh Rd. W., about two kilometres directly south of the bridge, which allegedly blocked all northbound traffic.

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Protesters and supporters take a vote on whether to stay or leave ahead of an impending 7 p.m. injunction deadline at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge, sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on Feb. 11, 2022 in Windsor, Ont.Photo by Cole Burston /Getty Images

Investigators allege the drivers were identified as leaders of the convoy events.

Police cleared protesters and the bridge reopened on Feb. 13.