19 Arrested After Ontario Police Seize Drugs Worth Over USD 97 Million In One of Canada's Biggest Busts

Nineteen people, most of them believed to be of Indian origin, have been arrested after police seized nearly 1.7 tonnes of narcotics worth more than USD 97 million in one of the largest drug busts by weight in Ontario, Canada.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said the intelligence-led investigation, codenamed Project Bay, dismantled an alleged drug trafficking network that used commercial transport routes to smuggle narcotics into Canada. While 19 suspects have been arrested, two others remain absconding.

Many of those arrested are truck drivers allegedly recruited to transport illicit consignments across the Canada-US border. Those arrested include Gagandip Thindal, 27, Simranjit Singh, 32, Kanwarpal Kular, 32, Jatinderpal Singh, 39, Jasvinder Sohi, 55, Tejwinder Sandhu, 29, Harjwinder Sandhu, 33, Haninderpal Grewal, 34, Tarminder Singh, 19, Avtar Sahota, 54, Gundeep Tariwal, 32, Mehakpreet Singh, 24, and Karandeep Singh, 27.