Indians Arrested Trying To Smuggle Into US.

The US border authorities arrested 6 Indian after they were apprehended on a sinking boat during a failed attempt to be smuggled into US from Canada.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Massena Border Patrol Station apprehended 7 individuals in connection with a failed smuggling attempt.

The six subjects, who range in age from 19 to 21, are all citizens of India and have all been charged with Improper Entry by Alien in violation of US law.

The 7th subject, a US citizen, was charged with Alien Smuggling, which is a felony and carries a penalty of a fine and up to 10 years in prison for each violation.

A boat containing multiple individuals traveling from Canada near Ontario toward the United States was reported as suspicious activity by the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, which notified the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department.

1 of the subjects had managed to exit the sinking boat and made his way to the shoreline.

Cautioning that the situation could have been “catastrophic”, Patrol Agent said “human smuggling is not only a crime but extremely dangerous. Smugglers do not care about safety or human life; they only care about profits."

In January this year, Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, 39, Vaishaliben Patel, 37, Vihangi Patel, 11, and Dharmik Patel, 3 were found dead near Emerson, Manitoba, approximately 12 meters from the Canada/US border. The family tried to cross over into the US on foot from Canada. 7 other Indian nationals had entered the US illegally around the same time.