NRI arrested for Smuggling 78 kilograms Cocaine at Windsor Border, worth $9.8 million

 

Windsor/Toronto, Ontario, March 24, 2009
Satinder Sharma

A spokeswoman for The Canada Border Services Agency(CBSA) of Windsor, told media that Baldev Singh was arrested for smuggling 78 kilograms of cocaine worth $9.8 million, hidden in containers carrying oranges on a truck, entering Canada at the Ambassador Bridge on March 19, at about 9:20 a.m.

According to the (CBSA) Canada Border Services Agency, during a routine check of the truck and trailer, they found 69 bricks of cocaine in two orange crates.

NRI Baldev Singh, 40, of Maple, Ontario, was charged under Canada Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. He is in Windsor Jail and court appearance was set up on March 27, 2009

Teri Mailloux, spokeswoman for the CBSA’s Windsor St. Clair region told local media that there have been a number of large seizures at Windsor and Sarnia crossings over the past two years.

• It is one of our larger amounts, the latest in a series of significant seizures
• In February, 2007, $21.3-million worth of cocaine was seized at the Windsor-Detroit border
• In 2007, officers in the Windsor-St. Clair region seized 456 kilos of cocaine
• In 2008, officers in the Windsor-St. Clair region seized 310 kilos of cocaine

 

 

 

• Cocaine is a highly addictive central nervous system stimulant extracted from the leaves of the coca plant, Erythroxylon coca. In its most common form, cocaine is a whitish crystalline powder that produces feelings of euphoria when ingested.
• Cocaine has legitimate medical uses as well as a long history of recreational abuse. Administered by a licensed physician, the drug can be used as a local anesthetic for certain eye and ear problems and in some kinds of surgery.