Canadian authorities arrested three Indian men along with seven others for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking between Mexico and the North American nations. Cops arrested Ayush Sharma, 25, and Guramrit Sidhu, 60, both from Brampton, and Subham Kumar, 29, from Calgary under an international arrest warrant.
Their arrest was result of joint operation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), according to a report by Canadian broadcaster cp24.com
“This conspiracy spanned three countries and involved drug suppliers connected to cartels in Mexico, drug distributors and brokers in Los Angeles, Canadian truck drivers and a network that exported drugs into Canada, and even an associate of the Italian Mafia in Montreal,” the report quoted US attorney Martin Estrada as saying while speaking during a news conference in Los Angeles.
Guramrit, reportedly known as ‘King’ among his associates, was involved in procuring huge quantities of drugs on a wholesale basis from Mexico and Los Angeles. He used a trucking network to transport those to Canada.
The arrested used Canadian “handlers” and “dispatchers” who made short trips to Los Angeles where they would coordinate within themselves pickup and delivery of methamphetamine and cocaine shipments these trucks that went to Canada.
The cops said that a total of 10 people were arrested, including five from Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. They would be extradited to the US from Canada, the report said.
“Scoppa is alleged to have bought massive quantities of cocaine and other drugs on a wholesale basis,” the police said. Roberto Scoppa is a Montreal man who is alleged by authorities to be a large-scale Canadian trafficker and Italian Mafia figure.
The transportation was coordinated by a network of drivers working with dozens of trucking companies who made numerous border crossings from the United States to Canada via the Detroit Windsor Tunnel, the Buffalo Peace Bridge and the Blue Water Bridge, authorities said.
Sharma and Kumar are truck drivers, the report said.
Police say the group engaged in the trafficking of around 845 kilograms of methamphetamine, 951 kilograms of cocaine, 20 kilograms of fentanyl and four kilograms of heroin. The estimated wholesale value of these drugs ranges between $16 million and $28 million.
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