JUST two days after a “Wanted by the FBI” poster for Harmanveer Singh of the Ravinder Dhanda Organized Crime Group, based out of Vancouver, Canada, was issued, he was arrested in Stockton, California, by officers with the California Highway Patrol.
The FBI in Los Angeles announced on July 22 that he was arrested that morning.
He was wanted for his alleged involvement in the transnational criminal organization engaged in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to export controlled substances.
The wanted poster stated that the organization allegedly smuggled bulk quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine for drug trafficking organizations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
On June 23, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Singh in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, California, after he was charged.
According to a news release on July 7 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California, Ravinder Singh Dhanda, 57, a.k.a. “Randy,” “Rolex,” and “John Wick,” of Vancouver, Canada, Jaskarn Baghri, 50, a.k.a. “Baba,” of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Gurtej Singh Smagh, 43, a.k.a. “Simba,” of Creston, British Columbia, Canada, and eight other defendants [including Harmanveer Singh aka “Hari Gautam,” aka “Harman Sandhu”] are charged in an eight-count indictment returned June 23 alleging they transported, smuggled, and distributed hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine each week from the U.S. into Canada.
According to the indictment, Dhanda operated a drug distribution network that provided international smuggling services for bulk quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine to drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. He negotiated transportation rates and logistics with these DTOs and subcontracted the storage and transportation of these drugs.
