Two Indian nationals charged with supplying 400kg of cocaine and 30kg of methamphetamine worth $10.5 million

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Two Indian nationals were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with the distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine. The suspects allegedly traveled from California to Massachusetts with drugs worth more than $10.5 million.

Simranjit Singh, 28, and Gusimrat Singh, 19, of Fresno, California, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Both men were arrested on July 29, 2024, and have been in federal custody since then, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Hassink of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.

This investigation is part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Strike Force Initiative, which has established permanent multi-agency task force teams that operate side-by-side in the same location. This co-located model allows agents from multiple agencies to work together on intelligence-driven, multi-jurisdictional operations to disrupt and dismantle top drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations.

Investigators became aware of a California drug trafficking organization (“DTO”) interested in transporting methamphetamine and other drugs into Boston. A member of the DTO agreed to sell 65 pounds (approximately 30 kilograms) of methamphetamine to undercover agents. On July 29, 2024, at approximately 10:15 p.m., a white truck arrived at a scheduled address in Andover to deliver methamphetamine to the undercover agents. The driver and passenger of that truck on a semi-truck, later identified as Gusimrat Singh and Simranjit Singh, allegedly transferred 65 pounds of suspected methamphetamine to the undercover agents. The men were immediately taken into custody.

According to court documents, a search of the cab of the tractor-trailer turned up more than 400 kilograms of suspected cocaine, worth more than $10.5 million. The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 10 years to a maximum of life in prison, a minimum of five years to a maximum of life on supervised release, and a fine of up to $10 million.