A $6,500 fine has been handed down against two Fort Frances commercial bait dealers.
Margitta McLeod and Luc Levesque pleaded guilty and were each fined $3,000 for illegally importing live leeches into Ontario.
Levesque was also fined $500 for not maintaining a commercial bait licence log book, as is required by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
The fines stem from a June, 2015 inspection at Fort Frances Customs where two bags of live leeches weighing 20-kilograms were discovered.
Inspectors discovered the leeches were purchased in Orr, Minnesota and were being illegally imported for the intended sale at Anglers Pro Shop in Nestor Falls.
