NEW DELHI: Undertaking Pelican, a significant investigation carried out by Peel Regional Police, has busted an enormous narco-terror community primarily based out of Canada and people suspected to be Khalistan sympathisers. Whereas the operation led to the biggest ever drug seizure there with 479 kg of cocaine valued at $47.9 million, 9 people together with seven Indian-origin males settled in Canada have been arrested.The investigation has revealed that the community exploited business trucking routes from the US to Canada, with ties to Mexican cartels and US-based distributors, the Peel police stated.The proceeds from drug trafficking have been getting used to finance anti-India actions, together with protests and referendums apart from funding for weapons, sources stated. Intelligence sources pointed in direction of an ISI-backed plan the place Khalistani teams in Canada are being funded to traffick excessive worth Mexican cocaine. The ISI has additionally been been discovered pushing Afghan-grown heroin.The arrested males embrace Sajgith Yogendrarajah, 31, of Toronto; Manpreet Singh, 44, of Brampton; Philip Tep, 39, of Hamilton; Arvinder Powar, 29, of Brampton; Karamjit Singh, 36, of Caledon; Gurtej Singh, 36, of Caledon; Sartaj Singh, 27, of Cambridge; Shiv Onkar Singh, 31, of Georgetown and Hao Tommy Huynh, a 27-year-old from Mississauga. They face a complete of 35 expenses associated to firearm and drug offences, the Canadian police stated.Final Dec, two Canadian nationals of Indian origin have been arrested when US Illinois State Police discovered over 1,000 kilos of cocaine of their Volvo truck: one thing which alerted the investigators to the smuggling ring involving ISI which patronised unlawful poppy cultivation in Afghanistan to assist Taliban combat the US and Afghan troops.The present investigation started in June 2024, specializing in a cocaine smuggling operation utilizing US-Canada business trucking routes. By Nov, a number of people, trucking firms, and storage websites linked to the operation have been recognized with the assistance of Canada Border Companies Company (CBSA) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration.Vital seizures have been made between Feb and Could 2025, together with 127 kg of cocaine on the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and 50 kg on the Blue Water Bridge in Level Edward, the Peel police stated in a press release. Further seizures have been made throughout the Larger Toronto space, with some people arrested in possession of loaded firearms.“A complete of 479 kg of bricked cocaine, value an estimated $47.9 million, was seized, together with two unlawful loaded semi-automatic handguns. The accused have been held for a bail listening to on the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Brampton,” the Peel police stated.Michael S Kerzner, solicitor basic of Ontario, praised the operation, stating, “Undertaking Pelican is proof of what police can accomplish after they have the instruments and assets wanted to maintain our communities secure.”