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Truck driver Harvinder Singh sentenced to 11 years in cocaine smuggling case

BY connect news, Nov 21, 2023 5:29 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

During a search of his truck trailer, officers found approximately 62 kilograms of cocaine in two suitcases

Brampton truck driver Harvinder Singh has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Sarnia court for smuggling $3.5 million worth of cocaine.

Harvinder Singh has been sentenced for smuggling cocaine into Canada through the Blue Water Bridge near Sarnia. Canada Border Services Agency officials arrested him on March 31, 2021 at Edward, the crossing point connected to Port Huron.Harvinder Singh was 25 years old at that time.

During a search of his truck trailer, officers found approximately 62 kilograms of cocaine in two suitcases. Continuing the investigation on this, RCMP.He was charged with bringing cocaine into Canada and possessing it for the purpose of trafficking.

However, Harvinder Singh pleaded not guilty during the 4-day trial in May. After a three-month trial, Superior Court Justice Kirk Munro found him guilty and now he has been sentenced to 11 years for the cocaine possession and 9 years for the trafficking.

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