Close X
Friday, November 15, 2024
ADVT 
National

Indo-Canadian Man Gurnazbir Singh Sandhu, 25, Charged In A Major Calgary Drug Bust

Darpan News Desk IANS, 08 Aug, 2015 11:33 AM
  • Indo-Canadian Man Gurnazbir Singh Sandhu, 25, Charged In A Major Calgary Drug Bust
An Indian-origin man and his accomplice have charged with several offences after drugs, weapons, cash and a stolen motorcycle were seized from their apartment in Canada's Calgary province, a media report said.
 
Gurnazbir Singh Sandhu, 25, and his accomplice Richard Julies Rysdale, 28 were arrested in from their Taradale city apartment with the help of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers, a report in Calgary Herald said.
 
The police were working out modalities to deport Sandhu to India.
 
Following a two-week investigation, drug unit officials were called to Sandhu's residence on July 28 to execute a search warrant.
 
The two residents were at home at the time of search.
 
The police found 11,645 Canadian dollars ($8,866) cash, including 42 different types of foreign currency totalling about 2,800 Canadian dollars ($2,131).
 
About 104 grams of methamphetamine -- an extremely addictive stimulant drug -- with an estimated street value of 10,460 Canadian dollars ($7,964) and over 11 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of 1,200 Canadian dollars ($913) were also recovered.
 
The police also recovered 57 undetermined pills which were sent to Health Canada for analysis.
 
 
Apart from these, three vials of steroids, three knives, three replica handguns, seven cellphones were found at the partment.
 
A stolen 2011 Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle, scales and packaging material, some documents items were also found in the fourth-floor suite in which they were staying.
 
Sandhu and Rysdale were charged with possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime, possession of stolen property and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, the report said.
 
Sandhu, studying in British Columbia on a student visa that had expired eight months ago, was also charged of breach of probation.
 
"Pending the outcome of court, CBSA has issued an exclusion order, which ultimately will remove him from Canada," drug unit Staff Sergeant Martin Schiavetta was quoted as saying.
 
"At this time, we don't believe that they're connected to any larger organised crime groups," Schiavetta added.

MORE National ARTICLES

Suspect Wounded By Police After Fatal Stabbing At Northern Alberta Work Camp

Suspect Wounded By Police After Fatal Stabbing At Northern Alberta Work Camp
RCMP say Mounties shot and wounded a suspect near Fox Creek, 260 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

Suspect Wounded By Police After Fatal Stabbing At Northern Alberta Work Camp

British Navy Members Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman Ask For Change In Bail

Simon Radford, Joshua Finbow, Craig Stoner and Darren Smalley were in Nova Scotia to play in a hockey tournament with local Armed Forces personnel when they were arrested in April.

British Navy Members Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman Ask For Change In Bail

B.C. Lobbyists Consistently Making Same Mistakes, Says Privacy Czar In Report

VICTORIA — Fines have been levied against a who's who of British Columbia's political movers and shakers as part of a crackdown on lobbyists by the province's privacy czar.

B.C. Lobbyists Consistently Making Same Mistakes, Says Privacy Czar In Report

With Tom Mulcair's Fortunes On The Rise, Skeletons Hauled Back Out Of The Closet

With Tom Mulcair's Fortunes On The Rise, Skeletons Hauled Back Out Of The Closet
It might be old news that Tom Mulcair once talked to Stephen Harper's Conservatives about becoming an adviser, but the reasons behind why the story has resurfaced could be the most interesting part.

With Tom Mulcair's Fortunes On The Rise, Skeletons Hauled Back Out Of The Closet

Saskatchewan Out Of Firefighting Funds As More Than 3,000 Evacuated From North

Saskatchewan Out Of Firefighting Funds As More Than 3,000 Evacuated From North
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the province's firefighting budget has been depleted, but crews will keep working in the north, where flames and smoke have forced at least 3,000 people from their homes.

Saskatchewan Out Of Firefighting Funds As More Than 3,000 Evacuated From North

Lawyer Shamsher Kothari Says 2 Men Convicted In Multimillion Dollar Ponzi Scheme May Die In Jail

Lawyer Shamsher Kothari Says 2 Men Convicted In Multimillion Dollar Ponzi Scheme May Die In Jail
CALGARY — The lawyer of one of two men convicted in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in Canadian history says his client could end up dying in jail.

Lawyer Shamsher Kothari Says 2 Men Convicted In Multimillion Dollar Ponzi Scheme May Die In Jail