Enforcement officers expected to testify as human smuggling trial continues
Nov 19, 2024 | 2:01 AM
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FERGUS FALLS — Law enforcement officers are expected to testify as the trial continues for two men accused of human smuggling at the Canada-US border.
Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel are accused of being part of a ring that flew Indian nationals to Canada, then had them walk across the border between Manitoba and Minnesota.
Shand was arrested the same night a family of four from India was found frozen to death, metres from the border, in a -36 windchill.
Shand’s lawyer says Shand was simply a taxi driver who frequently picked up people for Patel and did not know, until the night of his arrest, that he was helping migrants cross the border.
