The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made two arrests on Thursday morning throughout an operation in Montreal as a part of an investigation into an alleged human-trafficking ring.
The federal police power said that its officers arrested an alleged human trafficker and a migrant after they arrived at a residence within the Montréal-Nord borough.
In a press launch, the RCMP said that, in keeping with the investigation, the searched residence “was getting used as a brief shelter for migrants who had simply crossed the border illegally or to cover migrants whereas ready to smuggle them illegally into the USA.”
“The investigation is ongoing,” the RCMP mentioned.
The operation was led by the Champlain Built-in Border Enforcement Workforce (IBET).
IBETs embody members of the RCMP, the Canada Border Providers Company, U.S. Customs and Border Safety, and different U.S. companies.
Quebec RCMP reported final month that one in all their officers was injured by an alleged smuggler who was intercepted in a automobile close to the U.S. border with 5 migrants aboard.
And 4 folks had been arrested and charged in August 2025 after RCMP and Quebec provincial police intercepted a dice truck carrying 44 international nationals close to the U.S. border in Quebec.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
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