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2 more Lev Tahor members apprehended at Calgary airport

Two more Lev Tahor members have been apprehended at the Calgary International Airport.

Members of ultra-orthodox Jewish sect left Canada amid child custody proceedings

Members of the Lev Tahor ultra-orthodox Jewish sect walk down a street last week during an emergency motion in the child custody case held in Chatham, Ont. (Dave Chidley/Canadian Press)

Two more Lev Tahor members have been apprehended at the Calgary International Airport.

Calgary police confirm a 17-year-old female and a five-month-old baby were apprehended under an Ontario judge's emergency order after members of the ultra-orthodox Jewish sect leftthe country with the children amid child custody proceedings.

Both the woman and the baby were subjects of that order and will be flown to Toronto shortly, according to Cst. Laura Bailly with the Calgary Police Service.

It's not known where they were flying from or to.

Early last week, an Ontario judge issued theemergency order saying that13 LevTahor children be placed in the care of children's aid but police said Thursday those children had left the country.

However, nine members of the sect were returned Saturday after being stopped en route to Guatemala in Trinidad and Tobago.

Three adults were processed by the Canada Border Services Agency in Toronto and released while six children were returned to child protection officials.

The sect has been under investigation by child welfare authoritieson issues related tohygiene, healthand allegationsthe childrenweren't learning according to the provincial curriculum.

The group has denied all allegations of mistreatment.