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Indo-Canadian among two held in drug bust
Ottawa, Aug 8
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.