{"id":775542,"date":"2026-07-02T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775542\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:42:11","slug":"rcmp-arrests-2-people-after-raid-in-montreal-north-in-human-trafficking-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775542\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP arrests 2 people after raid in Montreal North in human-trafficking case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made two arrests on Thursday morning during an operation in Montreal as part of an investigation into an alleged human-trafficking ring.<\/p>\n<p>The federal police force stated that its officers arrested an alleged human trafficker and a migrant when they arrived at a residence in the Montr\u00e9al-Nord borough.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, the RCMP stated that, according to the investigation, the searched residence \u201cwas being used as a temporary shelter for migrants who had just crossed the border illegally or to hide migrants while waiting to smuggle them illegally into the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigation is ongoing,\u201d the RCMP said.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was led by the Champlain Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET).<\/p>\n<p>IBETs include members of the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other U.S. agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made two arrests on Thursday morning during an operation in Montreal as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-775542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}