Toronto police arrested accused of smuggling Indian family to U.S. out of fear he would flee Canada | Unpublished
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Author: Temur Durrani
Publication Date: September 17, 2025 - 17:55

Toronto police arrested accused of smuggling Indian family to U.S. out of fear he would flee Canada

September 17, 2025

A Minnesota court requested the arrest of a Canadian resident this month so he can stand trial in the U.S. after he allegedly helped with the 2022 cross-border smuggling of an Indian family of four who froze to death in Manitoba.

U.S. authorities were concerned that Fenil Patel, 37, who also goes by the name Fenilkumar Kantilal Patel, would flee Canada – possibly to India – according to new court documents filed in Ontario and Minnesota, verified by The Globe and Mail.



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