Winnipeg man arrested in $50M narcotics seizure granted bail with conditions
Komalpreet Sidhu, 29, was arrested on Jan. 14 attempting to cross the Boissevain port of entry with 406.2 kilograms of what’s believed to be methamphetamine inside a commercial truck. (Chelsea Kemp/CBC)
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Good Saturday Afternoon Beloved Sentients. Today my post begins with a copy/paste from the CBC. It is a very interesting report about a Sikh immigrant truck driver who was arrested at a border between the US and Manitoba because he was transporting the largest load of prohibited drugs in Manitoba history and he was bringing it in from California, USA. This puts the lie to Trump’s insinuation that all the drugs are flowing from Canada to the US and that’s the [one of the] reasons that the US must annex Canada as the 51st State
Please read the entire story from the CBC and I will have a few comments to make afterwards:
FROM THE CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7102339
Truck driver Komalpreet Sidhu arrested at the Boissevain port of entry with 406.2 kg of alleged meth
A Winnipeg man arrested in the largest narcotics seizure in Prairie history has been granted bail with conditions.
Komalpreet Sidhu, 29, was arrested Jan. 14 attempting to cross the Boissevain port of entry with 406.2 kilograms of what’s believed to be methamphetamine inside a commercial truck. The total amount of suspected drugs seized adds up to an estimated street value of more than $50.7 million.
Sidhu held his head low appearing in a Brandon courtroom Thursday, seeking a release from custody with conditions.
t times he sat crying, looking at his wife as his freedom was debated. The hearing was briefly halted as a translator was needed to explain court proceedings in Punjabi to Sidhu.
A semi-trailer driven by Sidhu was en route to Winnipeg when it was searched at the Boissevain port of entry by the Canada Border Services Agency. When the narcotics were discovered, he was arrested and taken into custody by Manitoba RCMP, along with the suspected drugs.
Sidhu faces two charges: importation of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
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Federal Crown attorney Matt Sinclair opposed the release, raising concerns about the nature of the allegations, concerns Sidhu could flee Manitoba, the protection of the public and the appearance of what could be high-level drug trafficking.
Sidhu has no criminal record.
His release was granted with conditions that include paying $20,000 for release and a cash deposit of $20,000 in surety, as well as his wife serving as a surety and a friend giving a $100,000 surety.
Sidhu is also not allowed to possess illegal narcotics, alcohol or weapons, and has to abide by a curfew of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. at a set location in Winnipeg, wear a GPS device at all times and have only one cellphone, which cannot have a password or any messaging apps.
He must also surrender his passport to the RCMP and must not apply for any other form of travel documents.
Crown alleges high-level trafficking scheme
Sinclair told the court, based on the nature of the charges, there were concerns conditions might not bring an end to Sidhu’s alleged criminal behaviour.
“Smuggling of this quantity of methamphetamine cannot fall into Mr. Sidhu’s lap.… He did not get involved with this level of trafficking overnight,” Sinclair said. “It takes years to earn the level of trust that he gained to smuggle in 406 kilograms of methamphetamine into Canada.”
He said the Crown was especially concerned about public safety, because of the damage methamphetamine has caused in Manitoba and Canada. The amount seized at the border is enough to give every Manitoban three doses of the drug, he said.
Prior to his arrest, Sidhu was headed from California to Winnipeg.
From California with Love….?
The Canada Border Services Agency says the 406 kilograms of methamphetamine seized at the Boissevain port of entry on Jan. 14 is the largest narcotics seizure ever made in the Prairies. (Gilbert Rowan/CBC)
When Sidhu was arrested he made a statement to RCMP, saying he never saw what was in the semi, Sinclair told the court. Sinclair alleges this was a lie, because RCMP found he had sent pictures of the loaded semi to his boss that showed furniture and no visible methamphetamine.
Sidhu interjected through the interpreter to some of Sinclair’s claims, saying he “didn’t do that.”
RCMP allege Sidhu’s tractor and trailer GPS had three suspicious stops in California, Sinclair said. He theorized those stops could have been used to pick up, load and hide the methamphetamine.
Upon his arrest, Sidhu told RCMP he had three phones. When one was plugged in to protect and secure evidence, it became locked before being wiped.
Sinclair called this the hallmark of a high-level drug trafficker.
Defence says the language barrier will be challenging
Sidhu’s defence claim is that he is a blind courier because the drugs were loaded without his knowledge so he wouldn’t act nervous at the border.
“The version of events presented to Crown counsel by police is a coloured version of the facts … based on the assumption that blind couriers don’t exist,” said defence lawyer Kate Smith, of Winnipeg-based law firm Pinx and Company.
Sidhu has been a professional truck driver since 2015 without incident. He moved to Canada in 2014 and remains an Indian national living in Canada as a permanent resident.
Smith noted none of the evidence collected to date has been disclosed to the defence to be examined.
She also alleged his route and stops were normal for a truck driver.
“Mr. Sidhu disputes who it was that dispatched this load and whether it was his request or, in fact, a request by his company,” Smith said. “Common sense dictates that … Mr. Sidhu did not have control over what loads the company dispatches him to.”
Chelsea Kemp
Brandon Reporter
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Greencrow continues: The Pandora’s Box of Border crime and corruption has been opened and the media is full of more arrests of Sikhs involved with transportation/drug related crimes:
Greencrow continues: follow the above thread on X…the lid is blowing off the stupendous amount of crime being committed by East Indians in Canada…obviously playing us for suckers.
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Drugs flowing north to Canada NOT south to the US
Greencrow concludes: Folks, This is where it’s at….yet another Trump falsification blown up by the facts. Nobody in Canada believes a single thing that comes out of that Fu*ker’s mouth EXCEPT that the United States DOES want to annex Canada. But the reason given by Trump are all lies and potential pretexts for the inevitable False Flag[s] that will set the long planned “Manifest Destiny” operation in motion.
Another inadvertent truth from Trump is that Canada does need to fortify it’s Canada US borders but not FOR the US but FROM the US. We need to station Canadian Soldiers at each and every border from now on–forever. Just like at many other international borders all around the world–where soldiers are stationed as a matter of course.
Trump was right–the Canada US border is porous as hell and criminals are using it to transport drugs freely all over North America but they are coming up to Canada AT LEAST as much as going to the States. So the border issue is priority ONE for the Canadian government to solve--stop the drugs from coming into Canada from the United States.
Canada First Economy
Canada also needs to come up with a plan for the future economy that includes cross Canada provincial Free Trade. Canadian infrastructure projects must be envisioned and brought to reality–such as restoring affordable cross Canada railway transportation and completing the Transcontinental railway up north through British Columbia across the North West territories and around down through Nunavut and the Labrador Coast. Also. ALL ESSENTIAL FOOD PRODUCTS SHOULD BE GROWN IN CANADA. Canadians got the message loud and clear from Trump and we’ll never forget it. And sentient patriotic Canadians will never forget who in the Canadian chattering classes revealed themselves to be 51st Staters…no matter how hard they try to cover their tracks! Stay tuned.
THIS IS THE NEW MASCOT FOR CANADA FOLKS:
Photo of a Canadian Snowman I took yesterday down the street on the Malahat!
Greencrow as the crow flies 
As always I thank you for your comments and challenges. Oh it sounds like that trucker didn’t check his manifest very carefully, mistake, or not. Does he even read and speak English? It sounds like not, he needed a translator. Just moaning here, but long ago truckers were a respected peoples, transported needed goods, under often challenging situations, and yes it was high finance for that time. I just relistened to my video of the 2022 truckers to Ottawa, I have so much respect for this journey for the people. I am reminded that we are a mighty country, definitely not for our politics, but for the people. Too bad that this trucker didn’t get that he was responsible for his actions, or his load. Yeah he was hi-jacked , Canada is a different territory from India, so glad he was picked up. Who told him a story that he could get away with his?
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Thanks for your comment Edith. Sometimes I think nobody’s out there, lol and I’m just talking to myself. One reason for this blog IS to have a place to store links and reports for future reference [unless Google destroys them like it destroyed all my 9/11 links years ago].
There’s obviously a huge drug transport/distribution crime ring in North America–most likely connected to the globalist agenda of destroying our youth, economy and culture in preparation for their “great reset”. We learned years ago how the CIA was behind the sudden crack cocaine infestation in Los Angeles, courtesy one of my journalistic heroes Gary Webb RIP. In that case, the money was being laundered back to the government to fund black ops all over the world. Could that be part of this>
Regarding Canadian Sikh immigration groups. I dated a Sikh man for four years back when I was in my early 20’s and learned quite a bit about their mindset and culture. Shockingly here are my main learnings:
You might ask why it took me four years to divest myself of someone with that mindset…Well, he was very charming, well educated [a lawyer] and funny. He actually had a good sense of humour. Plus, I was very stupid in those days…thinking I could change someone yada yada.
But now I consider the experience invaluable in understanding who so many of the Sikh are finding themselves at odds with the law. They were brought up to have NO respect for it.
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