Red Deer man charged with human smuggling across U.S. border
Posted Sep 12, 2014 1:46 pm.
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A central Alberta man is accused of trying to smuggle a woman into Canada from the United States at a border crossing near Lethbridge last fall.
The Canada Border Services Agency says officers found a woman concealed in a vehicle at Carway on Oct. 26, 2013.
The agency says the woman had been previously refused entry into Canada.
Mark Brian Abramenko of Red Deer is charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
He is to appear in Lethbridge provincial court on Monday.
Border Services says it’s the second time this year that the agency has laid a criminal charge for human smuggling in Alberta.
