U.S. drug smuggling sting nets B.C. woman allegedly involved in human smuggling

U.S. drug smuggling sting nets B.C. woman allegedly involved in human smuggling: "Maninder “Manny” Singh, 55, and his son Puneet “Paul” Singh, 27 — both naturalized U.S. citizens living in Ferndale — have been charged, along with five other Americans, with various counts of human- and drug-smuggling.
All seven defendants made their first court appearances in Bellingham U.S. District Court on Thursday.
Manny Singh is charged along with Karen Eileen Marx and Neil Brian Marx of Bellingham with conspiracy to smuggle three Indians into the U.S.
According to the affidavits filed by a U.S. border guard and drug agent, the conspiracy stretches through Vancouver to Toronto and back to India, where Singhs has a contact in the illicit trade.
Singh called a Canadian identified as “Auntie” to set up the Sept. 5 crossing.
Auntie, who is known to the U.S. authorities, said she could see the border lineups from her home on the Canadian side."