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Guramrit Sidhu, 63, of Brampton was sentenced in July to 240 months in federal prison. He led a criminal organization that, in a single month, trafficked from the United States into Canada hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to $17m. Sidhu pleaded guilty on March 26 to one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. He has been in federal custody since October 2024. Sidhu is the eighth to plead guilty in the case. Others have pleaded guilty to criminal charges and have been sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from more than two years to nine years. Roberto Scoppa, 55, remains before the courts. He has been caged since his arrest. |  Roberto Scoppa |
| Since the start of Operation Dead Hand in 2022, cops have seized 845 kilograms of meth, 951 kilograms of cocaine, 20 kilograms of fentanyl and four kilograms of heroin. The haul is worth something between $16m to $28m. Leader was Canadian Guramrit Sidhu, 60, of Brampton, who used a network of drug suppliers connected to Mexican cartels to ship drugs from LA to Canada in long haul transport trucks. Drug distributors and brokers in Los Angeles worked with a team of truck drivers who were tasked with taking the contraband to Canada. Cops seized $940k in cash, 70 kg of cocaine and four kg of heroin in Canada. |
 Ayush Sharma | 10 Canadians were arrested, including Roberto Scoppa, 55, Ayush Sharma, 25, of Brampton, Subham Kumar, 29, of Calgary and Ivan Gravel Gonzalez, 32, of Trois-Rivières. Guramrit Sidhu, also known as "King," is charged with one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and is the kingpin. |  Ivan Gravel Gonzalez |
