ON March 31, a commercial truck driven by an Ontario resident entered Canada using the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ontario, and was referred for a secondary examination. During the examination, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers discovered and seized approximately 62 kg of suspected cocaine. This seizure is valued at approximately $3.5 million. The…
A Brampton man is facing several sex related charges in connection to alleged incidents involving two teenaged victims. Nottawasaga OPP say the incidents happened between December 2020 and February 2021 and involve two 17-year-old employees of the Brampton man, who owns food businesses in Barrie and Alliston. Police did not name the two businesses. Following…
Judge acquits B.C. man caught with 13 kilos of heroin in his vehicle at border A judge has acquitted a man who was caught trying to cross the border with 13 kilograms of heroin in the trunk of his vehicle. Gurpreet Mand was charged with unlawfully importing heroin and possession of heroin for the purpose…
A man wanted in connection with a case involving the 2018 death of a newborn in California has been caught hiding out in Brampton. The Bakersfield Police Department said in a news release that Bakhshinderpal Singh Mann was arrested by Canadian authorities on Friday. The 26-year-old had an active arrest warrant for accessory after the…
A Surrey man has been charged after he allegedly posed as a peace officer at a home in Richmond. In a news release issued Sunday, Richmond RCMP say Gurmandeep Singh Atwal, 26, faces one count of personating a peace officer and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. The alleged incident occurred Jan. 29. Atwal…
In November of 2020, the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) began an online extortion investigation after a victim reported being contacted over social media on multiple occasions by an unknown person and asked to send a nude image in exchange for money. Police say after receiving the image, the suspect began to extort the victim…
he Canada Income Company has launched an investigation into the Ontario bureaucrat who was fired after the alleged theft of $11.6 million in COVID-19 funds, the Star has discovered. Sanjay Madan, a former pc specialist on the provincial Ministry of Schooling, has piqued the curiosity of federal tax authorities, sources say. Madan can also be…
OTTAWA—The federal Liberals have expelled Brampton Centre MP Ramesh Sangha from caucus, charging him with making “baseless and dangerous accusations against a number of his caucus colleagues.” A party source confirmed that Sangha was removed after he made extensive comments in a Punjabi-language interview on Jan. 21, in which he said he doubted his fellow…
Shehzadkhan operated a call centre in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad that placed automated robocalls to victims in the US An Indian national has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and identity theft in connection with an overseas robocall scam that defrauded thousands in the US, mostly elderly people, of nearly USD8 million, the Department of Justice said. Shehzadkhan Pathan,…
Tinted car windows lead to drug charges against two Brampton residents A traffic stop along Highway 401 in eastern Ontario has led to charges against two Brampton residents. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, officers on routine patrol on January 9 stopped a vehicle because it had heavily tinted windows and they could not…