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Winnipeg man charged with human smuggling after SUV stopped near Canada-U.S. border

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Oct, 2024 02:34 PM
  • Winnipeg man charged with human smuggling after SUV stopped near Canada-U.S. border

Mounties in Manitoba say they have charged a man with human smuggling and arrested six others near the Canada-United States border.

RCMP say investigators became aware of an incursion happening near Emerson, Man., on the night of Sept. 28.

An SUV carrying numerous people and luggage was stopped.

Four men and a woman from Africa and a man who's a permanent resident of Canada were arrested under the Customs Act.

A 42-year-old man from Winnipeg, who RCMP say was driving the vehicle, was arrested and charged with human smuggling. 

Sgt. Lance Goldau says crossing the border between ports of entry is illegal and dangerous.

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