Suspected Human Smuggling in Annandale Area
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Suspected Human Smuggling in Annandale Area
Alert police officers have uncovered an alleged human smuggling case in the Annandale area. On Thursday September 6 around 11:30 p.m., police officers stopped to investigate a suspicious van parked in the 5100 block of Ravensworth Road. The officers discovered 16 people inside the van. Further investigation revealed that 14 of the passengers, including five juveniles, were illegal aliens being transported by two men.
The two men, Nalciso Rodriguez, 38, of 20703 Blanton Brook Drive in Cypres, Tennessee, and Damainan Vasquez, 41, of 11003 Radford Lane in Houston Texas, were each charged with one count of concealed weapon violations and transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.
The case and the 14 illegal aliens were turned over to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
