This is the second such arrest in Western Canada in the past month. Last month, a Calgary man and seven men from the Republic of Chad were arrested in Manitoba for alleged human trafficking
Manitoba RCMP arrested a man Feb. 23 after finding foreign nationals from Africa that were being smuggled.
Around 2 a.m. on Feb. 22, an officer with RCMP Central Traffic Services conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle located on McGillivray Boulevard in the City of Winnipeg.
The vehicle contained a driver and eight occupants, one woman, 33, and seven men, (ages 36, 33, 30, 29, 28, 27, 25). Seven were confirmed to be foreign nationals from the Republic of Chad and one from the Republic of Mali.
Abdi Hassan Ali, 30, from Winnipeg, was arrested for human smuggling under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and remanded into custody where he appeared in court in Winnipeg on Feb. 23.
The other eight individuals were arrested under the Customs Act and transported to an Immigration Support Center in Winnipeg where they were released from RCMP custody.
Last month, a Calgary man and seven men from the Republic of Chad were arrested in Manitoba for alleged human trafficking.
The vehicle contained a driver and seven male occupants (ages 49, 44, 37, 34, 33, 28, 27) who were confirmed to be foreign nationals from the Republic of Chad.
The 49-year-old male driver, Saleh Youssouf, from Calgary, was arrested for human smuggling under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and remanded into custody where he appeared in court in Winnipeg on Jan. 29.
The other seven individuals were arrested under the Customs Act and turned over to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Immigration officers at the Emerson Port of Entry.
RCMP, along with the Canada Border Services Agency, continue to investigate.
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