Man Given Five Months in US Jail for Smuggling People Across Border From BC

Motorists wait at U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection booths at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., across the Canada-U.S. border from Surrey, B.C., on Nov. 8, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The U.S. District Attorney’s office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state.

It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside three other people.