{"id":563823,"date":"2026-03-27T07:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563823\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:07:13","slug":"brampton-man-pleads-guilty-in-u-s-for-leading-23-million-drug-flow-into-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563823\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton man pleads guilty in U.S. for leading $23 million drug flow into Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Brampton man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a team of truckers in a drug operation that brought $23 million worth of drugs into Canada from the U.S.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Central District of California says that Guramrit Sidhu, 62, entered a plea agreement that from September 2020 to February 2023, he led an organization responsible for trafficking hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine into Canada for distribution.<\/p>\n

The agreed-upon plea is for one count\u00a0of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.<\/p>\n

He has been in U.S. federal custody since October 2024 after being extradited from Canada.<\/p>\n

Sidhu is scheduled for a July 9 sentencing hearing, at which time he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

The United States Attorney\u2019s Office says Sidhu was in charge of a trucking network involved in transporting approximately 523 kilograms of methamphetamine and 347 kilograms of cocaine, worth up to $23 million in Canadian dollars.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter buying the bulk quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine in the U.S., Sidhu arranged for the narcotics\u2019 transportation into Canada via long-haul semi-trucks for further distribution. Sidhu provided telephone numbers and serial numbers on bills of currency for couriers to use as a \u201ctoken\u201d for identification purposes during the delivery and transportation of the cocaine and methamphetamine,\u201d according to the Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Sidhu and co-conspirators then retrieved the cocaine and methamphetamine from locations within Canada for further distribution.<\/p>\n

He is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in this case.<\/p>\n

The FBI, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, United States Customs and Border Protection, and law enforcement authorities in Mexico investigated the case, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration.<\/p>\n


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