Peel Police in Ontario arrested 9 drug smugglers with 500 kilograms cocaine

Peel Police in Ontario have made the largest cocaine seizure in their history, charging nine suspects. Most of them are Punjabi. Peel Police have seized nearly 500 kilograms of cocaine, estimated to be worth $50 million, in a crackdown on an organized criminal network trafficking drugs under Project Pelican.

The men charged by police in connection with the investigation include Manpreet Singh, 44, and Arvinder Powar, 29, of Brampton; Karamjit Singh, 36, and Gurtej Singh, 36, of Caledon; Sartaj Singh, 27, of Cambridge; and Shiv Onkar Singh, 31, of Georgetown.

Peel police said they began investigating cocaine trafficking via the Canada-US commercial trucking route in June 2024, working with other agencies, and had significant success in February and May of this year, leading to the arrest of nine suspects on June 6, who were charged with a total of 35 charges.

Police also recovered two illegally loaded semi-automatic handguns from them.