Share this Story : Police arrest four, break up suspected human smuggling ring in Cornwall Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Police arrest four, break up suspected human smuggling ring in Cornwall Eight people have been charged in connection with the alleged human smuggling operation, police disclosed Thursday in Cornwall. Get the latest from Catherine Morrison straight to your inbox Sign Up Author of the article: Catherine Morrison Published Jun 06, 2024 • Last updated 42 minutes ago • 4 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
RCMP inspector Etienne Thauvette (far right), and other officers (from left: Akwesasne Mohawk Police chief Ranatiiostha Swamp, Canadian Border Services Agency assistant director Nathan Smallwood and Ontario Provincial Police inspector Walid Kandar) held a news conference Thursday to provide the results of the investigation into a smuggling ring. Photo by JULIE OLIVER / POSTMEDIA Article content Eight people have been charged in connection with a suspected human smuggling ring that allegedly smuggled hundreds of “desperate” migrants primarily from India, Romania and Sri Lanka across the Canada-United States border. The Cornwall Regional Task Force, involving the RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, Canada Border Services Agency and Ontario’s Ministry of Finance, in collaboration with U.
S. authorities, began .