American sentenced to year in Manitoba jail for human smuggling attempt
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A United States citizen was sentenced to a year in jail after admitting to attempting to smuggle a foreign national into Manitoba earlier this year.
“The… border services officers and criminal investigations team in Manitoba skilfully uncovered and investigated this illegal stowaway entry attempt,” said Canada Border Services Agency regional director for the Prairies, Janalee Bell-Boychuk, in a statement.
”We will continue to gather evidence and pursue prosecution against those who attempt to wilfully violate Canada’s immigration system.”
Annan Nigel Ferguson, 50, was sentenced in provincial court on Nov. 4, after he pleaded guilty to aiding or abetting failure to report under the federal Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the CBSA said.
Considering time served prior to his plea, he’ll spend about three more months behind Manitoba jail bars.
Ferguson arrived at the border crossing at Sprague on May 7 in a minivan with U.S. plates. Border agents, suspicious about his statements, searched the vehicle and found a 46-year-old man, Temitope Omofuyi Davies, hiding in the trunk.
CBSA identified Davies as a foreign national but did not specify his country of origin.
Both men were arrested.
In an interview with CBSA investigators, Davies admitted he had paid Ferguson US$1,000 to smuggle him into Canada. The cash was found in Ferguson’s wallet.
Davies had previously been caught trying to illegally cross the border near Surrey, B.C., in March.
Davies pleaded guilty in provincial court in August to failing to report and was sentenced to time served.
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