"Ranjit Singh Rowal is the first Canadian resident to be sentenced in connection with the two-year FBI-led probe into Wedding and his associates a sprawling, multinational investigation that led to another 11 arrests last week. Rowal's involvement highlights a key feature of the $1-billion US criminal network's purported operations: the use of transport trucks to move Colombian cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs from a logistics hub in Southern California, onto Canadian and U.S. destinations farther afield."
"Rowal, 65, was arrested in August 2024 along with another driver, Iqbal Singh Virk, as they tried to cross the Blue Water Bridge from Michigan to the Sarnia, Ont., area, while carrying 95 kilograms of cocaine bricks and 20 kilograms of heroin in a secret compartment in their truck's trailer. According to public records filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Rowal was sentenced to six years and two months in federal custody,"
Ranjit Singh Rowal, 65, was sentenced to six years and two months in U.S. federal custody after pleading guilty to two counts related to a cocaine distribution conspiracy. He was arrested in August 2024 at the Blue Water Bridge trying to cross from Michigan into Sarnia, Ontario, while carrying 95 kilograms of cocaine and 20 kilograms of heroin hidden in a secret compartment in his trailer. Rowal, an Indian citizen, is expected to have his Canadian permanent resident status revoked and be deemed inadmissible to Canada for serious criminality. The case is part of a two-year FBI probe into fugitive Ryan Wedding and an alleged multinational drug network that used transport trucks to move Colombian cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs from a Southern California logistics hub to U.S. and Canadian destinations. Co-defendant Iqbal Singh Virk has also pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.
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