Ont. truckers agree to plead guilty to smuggling cocaine for fugitive ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding | CBC News
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Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal have agreed to plead guilty to charges related to smuggling cocaine from California to Ontario. They are implicated in a broader scheme linked to fugitive Ryan Wedding's drug trafficking network that has connections to several murders. This operation, known as 'Operation Giant Slalom', involved utilizing commercial trucks to transport significant quantities of cocaine and fentanyl across Canada and the U.S. Both truckers were arrested after being found with large amounts of drugs concealed in their vehicle.
Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal from the Toronto area are the first Canadians to sign plea deals with U.S. prosecutors following the FBI's investigation dubbed 'Operation Giant Slalom'. They committed to plead guilty to charges including conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
The alleged drug trafficking network uses commercial transport trucks to move tonnes of cocaine and fentanyl across North America, and has been linked to at least four murders in Ontario.
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