India, Dec. 6 -- A 42-year-old woman from New York has been charged with smuggling Indian Nationals into the US through Canada.

The woman, identified as Stacey Taylor, has been accused of being part of an international smuggling conspiracy, under which individuals, primarily from India, were brought illegally to the US, PTI news agency reported.

According to an official statement, the woman, from Plattsburgh, appeared for an arraignment earlier this week after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Albany in October.

Taylor's vehicle was stopped by US Border Patrol agents near the Quebec border in Churubusco, New York in the early morning hours in January, PTI cited court records as showing. After her arrest in January, Taylor has a...