The drug business in Canada owes its origins to Punjabi criminals, aspirations to settle down permanently and the ISI, CNN-News18 has learnt as it blew the lid off a well-established syndicate.
Sources told CNN-News18 that the International Sikh Federation is the root cause of drug business in Canada. The organisation raised cadre initially and started the business under the banner of International Sikh Federation with gangsters Bindy Johal and Jimmy Dosanjh.
The gangs of Johals, Dhak-Duhre, Sanghera, Malhi-Buttar, and the Kangs feature regularly in drug seizures, gang wars and other criminal activities. These people used to work for the federation earlier and later started their own work.
Punjabi smugglers in Canada and Punjab have a very strong network, CNN-News18 has learnt. Canadian gangs are interested in cheap ‘import’ of heroin from Afghanistan via Pakistan and Punjab and they ‘export’ refined drugs besides cocaine and ICE to Punjab.
The Punjabi Indo-Canadian youth joined the business which was originally started by ISI for money.
These days, drugs are coming from Mexico, America and Pakistan through trucks since the Sikh community is mainly in the truck business.
Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s cousin was also president of the Surrey Gurdwara and was involved in the drug business in America.
Borne out of compulsions
The involvement of the Punjabi youth in the drug and extortion business is also because of compulsions as several youth who committed crimes in India are entering Canada with a fake identity.
Once they enter, they need Permanent Residency (PR) for which they have to approach criminal elements who are immigration consultants.
The Canadian drug trafficking network, according to the police, extends to the US and India.
On June 23, 2021, Toronto Police arrested 20 people, including nine of Punjab origin, when illicit drugs were being brought into Canada from California and India.
The police had claimed to have seized more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, crystal meth, and marijuana being transported between Mexico, California, and Canada using modified tractor trailers.
As per the police, the recoveries included 444 kg of cocaine, 182 kg of crystal meth, 427 kg of marijuana, 300 oxycodone pills, $966,020 in Canadian currency, 21 vehicles, including five tractor trailers, and one firearm.
The street value of the seized drugs was estimated to be more than $61million and it was termed as the largest international drug takedown in their history.
Tracing the Route
In Canada, 21 per cent of gangsters who died in gang-wars or police operations since 2006 were of Punjabi origin.
The ISI is using Khalistani terrorists to smuggle narcotics and provide funds to terror various groups for anti-India activities
According to sources, these drugs originate in Afghanistan. From there they go to Pakistan and then to the border.
Some parts of the drug from Punjab go straight to foreign countries and some parts are sent to Canada, US and other countries through Mumbai and Nepal.
In Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, it is Punjabis in the truck business who have turned to drug smuggling.
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