"Singh "has been placed in a special handling unit and has had limited access to counsel and the outside world since then," his lawyer Christopher Lutes said at a brief hearing on Wednesday. Singh has been held at the maximum-security Toronto South Detention Centre (TSDC) since he was arrested in October 2024 at his then residence, on the 34th floor of Toronto's former Trump Hotel."
"CBC News has confirmed a link between a man charged in a Toronto police corruption probe and an associate of alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding. Brian Da Costa has been ordered not to contact Gurpreet Singh, one of Wedding's suspected narcotics smugglers."
"Da Costa, an alleged drug trafficker, is accused of bribing Toronto police officers amid a conspiracy that investigators said they uncovered last year following an unsuccessful attempt to kill a TSDC manager. Singh has not been charged in connection with Project South, but two sources told CBC that he is connected to the investigation."
Gurpreet Singh, a 32-year-old alleged drug smuggler for accused kingpin Ryan Wedding, has been moved to a special handling unit at Toronto South Detention Centre with limited access to counsel and the outside world. Singh was arrested in October 2024 at a Toronto hotel and continues fighting extradition to the U.S. on federal cocaine-smuggling charges. Recent reporting revealed Singh's connection to Brian Da Costa, an alleged organized crime figure central to Project South, a major Toronto police corruption investigation. Da Costa has been ordered not to contact Singh as part of bail conditions. While Singh has not been charged in Project South, sources confirm his connection to the investigation, though authorities have not publicly detailed these ties.
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