Canadian Man Sentenced On Drug Charges Following Extradition To United States In Case Involving Largest Seizure Of Cocaine In District History

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BUFFALO, N.Y.—Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr, announced today that Gursharan Singh, 34, of Brompton, Ontario, Canada, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that between 2007 and May 2011, Singh conspired with others to smuggle cocaine into Canada from the United States via several international bridges located including ones in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Investigators believe that this organization trafficked approximately 2,000 kilograms of cocaine (approximately $80,000,000 in value) during the course of the conspiracy. 

Singh was indicted along with Alvin Randhawa and Harinder Dhaliwal, all three have been convicted. Also charged and convicted in the conspiracy were Ravinder Arora, Michael Bagri and Parminder Sidhu.

Today’s sentencing is the result of an investigation by Special Agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge James C. Spero; Officers from the United States Customs and Border Protection, under the direction of Rose Brophy, Director of Field Operations; the Peel Regional Police Department, under the direction of Chief Jennifer Evans; the Canada Border Services Agency, under the direction of Rick Comerford, Regional Director General, Southern Ontario Region; and the Toronto Police, under the direction of Chief William Blair.