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Trucker Charged After $3M Cocaine Seizure at U.S.-Canada Border

Gurshinder Singh was arrested at the Ambassador Bridge with 173 kg of cocaine concealed in his trailer, as investigators probe a broader trafficking network.

A commercial truck enters the ramp to the Ambassador Bridge to Canada in Detroit, Michigan February 14, 2022.
Chander Sidhar leaves the Sarnia courthouse on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, after pleading guilty to importing cocaine into Canada over the Blue Water Bridge in December 2022. The truck driver from Caledon will be sentenced later this year. (Terry Bridge/Postmedia Network)
A total of 84 bricks of suspected cocaine weighing approximately 84 kilograms were seized Dec. 14, 2022, after a commercial truck coming across the Blue Water Bridge from Michigan to the Sarnia area was sent for a secondary examination, border and RCMP officials said. (RCMP/CBSA)

Overview

  • Gurshinder Singh, a truck driver believed to be from Brampton, Ontario, was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine after his arrest on May 9 at the Ambassador Bridge.
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection discovered 173 kg of suspected cocaine, valued at over $3 million, hidden in Home Depot boxes behind rubber mats in the trailer's toolbox compartment.
  • Encrypted Signal messages on Singh's phone revealed coordination with an unidentified contact to arrange the drug shipment, with investigators continuing to probe the broader network.
  • A Homeland Security special agent described the method and volume of the shipment as indicative of a highly organized transnational drug trafficking operation.
  • The arrest is part of a year-long surge in drug smuggling attempts by commercial truckers at the Ambassador and Bluewater Bridges, which have become enforcement hotspots.