ALBANY, N.Y. (WCAX) - Two Hogansburg, New York, men face federal charges of human smuggling for profit.

Authorities say Joseph Coffey, 35, and Darren Cook, 32, last month conspired with a Canadian group to smuggle three people -- two Chinese and a UK citizen -- across the St. Lawrence River and into the U.S.

“They utilized the Akwesasne Reservation, which has been used by smugglers as a revolving door for moving aliens, drugs, and other contraband into the United States,” Acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III said in a statement.

Coffey and Cook were indicted on Wednesday for conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and three additional counts of alien smuggling.

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