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DEA Sting Uncovers Vancouver Gang Leader’s Global Meth Pipeline

Unsealed court documents reveal a web of criminal alliances stretching from China to Australia, prompting calls for stronger international counter-narco-terror coordination.

A person on a scooter crosses a street in a residential area located right next to the Port of Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in San Pedro, Calif. Opinder Singh Sian was at the centre of a vast conspiracy to import precursor chemicals from China and export narcotics through the port of Los Angeles to Australia.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration undertook a three-year investigation into the crime groups.
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Overview

  • Opinder Singh Sian was arrested in Arizona in June on drug trafficking charges and remains in U.S. custody pending transfer to California.
  • Affidavits unsealed in July show Sian arranged four Southern California meth shipments totaling more than 530 pounds for shipment to Australia between June and August 2023.
  • Court records allege he procured precursor chemicals from China via associate Peng Zhou for distribution to Mexican cartels.
  • Investigators uncovered collaborations with Irish Kinahan, Italian organized crime groups, Latin American cartels and a Turkey-based kingpin.
  • Indian intelligence warnings of an ISI–China–cartel narco-terror nexus have galvanized demands for enhanced cooperation among U.S., Australian and Indian enforcement agencies.