Human Smuggling Investigation Leads To Tupper Lake

U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrested a U.S. citizen and two Canadian citizens on human smuggling charges in two traffic stops on Lake Simond Road in Tupper Lake on Jan. 12. Agents also detained 10 Vietnamese citizens who had passports but allegedly no legal status to live or stay in the U.S. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the U.S. and Canadian citizens were charged under a portion of the federal law titled “Bringing in and harboring certain aliens.” A criminal complaint filed in the U.S. Northern District Court of New York says they were allegedly being paid $1,000 to bring the Vietnamese nationals to New York City.