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Ontario Man Pleads Guilty to Leading $17 Million Cross-Border Drug Trafficking Operation

Published July 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC

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Guramrit Sidhu, a 62-year-old resident of Brampton, Ontario, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a large-scale drug trafficking operation that smuggled hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine into Canada from the United States. The operation, active from September 2020 to February 2023, involved distributing over 500 kilograms of methamphetamine and nearly 350 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated worth of up to US$17 million. Sidhu's organization purchased these drugs in bulk from the U.S. and transported them into Canada using long-haul semi-trucks for further dissemination. He is set to be sentenced on July 9, facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.