Two Toronto-Area Truckers have been convicted by a sarnia jury of importing $ 11 million of Cocaine Into Canada Over the Blue Water Bridge and Will Be Sentenced Later This Year.
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Vikram Dutta, 44, and Gurinder Singh, 61, Both of Brampton, Were Both Charge with importing Cocaine and Possessing Cocaine for Trafficking after Border Officials Said Officers Found Drugs in A Commercial Truck at the Bridge Linking Michigan and the Sarnia Area on Dec. 11 , 2022.
During a Two-wek Trial Starting Feb. 3 in Sarnia’s Superior Court of Justice, The Jury Heard the 115 Kilograms of Cocaine Had A Street Value of About $ 11 million, Prosecutor Howard Piafsky Said by email Tuesday.
Canada Border Services Agency and RCMP Officials Said in Early 2023 that 89 Bricks of Suspected Cocaine, Worth Between $ 5 million and $ 6 million, Were SEIZED AT THE TIME.
The accused, tandem truck drivers, Denied Knowning the Drugs Were in Their Trailer During the Trial.
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But the jury Returned Friday Night with Guilty Verdicts on All Four Cours. The Case Was Adjourned to August for Pre-Builder Reports and Sentencing Arguments.
Last Year in Sarnia, A BRANTFORD MAN Driving an SUV and A Brampton Trucker Each were sentenced to 11 years in prison for smuggling between $ 3.5 million and $ 5 million Worth of Cocaine Over the Same Bridge. In Toronto Trucker will be sentenced soon after being convicted last year of Smuggling $ 3.6 million of Cocaine in 2022; He faces up to 12 years in prison.
Dutta and Singh Were Granéd Bail after a special hearing on dec. 21, 2022, 10 days after their arrests. DUTTA, Originally from India, was the director of V Hall Transport in Brampton from November 2016 to May 2022 and has also been with trucking nation since may 2021, According to his online profiles.
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