California Operator Charged With 18.7 kg Methamphetamine as FBI Probes Cartel Cocaine Shipments via US-Canada Trucking Routes

The FBI Fresno probe linked suspected Sikh Indian long-haul drivers to narcotics transport, extortion, and cargo theft. Court records from the September 3 indictment charge Singh, 50, a Round Table Pizza operator, with five counts including methamphetamine distribution and firearm possession. No carriers, USDOT numbers, or specific border crossings appear in the filings, and Singh is not identified as the informant-described figure Camy.

Affidavits record 13.8 kg of methamphetamine at Singh's home and 4.9 kg in his Hyundai Sonata, plus two concealed handguns, an unserialized pistol, a digital scale, and $11,800 cash. Singh told agents he stored the drugs for a friend. The wider case attributes cocaine loads from an unnamed Mexican cartel to trucking networks crossing the United States before reaching Canada.

Commercial trucking lanes between Mexico, the United States, and Canada create persistent opportunities for concealment because inspection rates remain low relative to volume. Enforcement actions target distribution nodes while route-level data stay undisclosed, allowing the same infrastructure to serve both legitimate freight and cartel shipments as long as wholesale demand holds.

No additional carrier seizures or route disclosures have followed the Singh indictment. Future cases will likely hinge on whether investigators obtain manifests or tracking data that connect specific operators to the cocaine flows described in the affidavit.