Three individuals were apprehended for conspiracy-related offences last week, stemming from an incident last spring where a Chinese national illegally crossed the Canadian border into the United States, the New Brunswick RCMP says.
The U.S. Border Patrol informed the RCMP about the illegal border crossing that occurred near Grand Falls, N.B., on April 15, the Mounties said in an Oct. 16 press release.
The RCMP Border Integrity Unit, the Canada Border Services Agency, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada launched an investigation that resulted in the identification of three individuals who were suspected of conspiring to transport people from China to Canada, with the intention of smuggling them into the United States….