Three dual Canadian-U.S. citizens are facing federal drug charges in the United States in connection with an international drug and gun smuggling operation along the Ontario-Quebec-New York border.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced this week that three people from the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory were arrested on July 30 as part of an investigation into a drug-trafficking operation that allegedly involved trading methamphetamine for firearms.
The First Nation is located along the St. Lawrence River, spanning southeastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec, and northern New York State, and functions as a single unified community despite being divided by these borders.
The arrests were the result of a joint investigation by American, Canadian, and tribal law enforcement into suspected cross-border drug trafficking activity operating through Akwesasne, according to an Aug. 3 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office….