Canadian Man Sentenced On Drug Charges Following Extradition To United States

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BUFFALO, N.Y.—Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alvin Randhawa, 36, of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, who was convicted of conspiracy to export from the United States into Canada five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 87 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that between July 2010 and May 2011, Randhawa conspired with others to smuggle cocaine into Canada from the United States via several international bridges including ones in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Investigators believe that this organization trafficked approximately 2,000 kilograms of cocaine (approximately $80,000,000 in value) during the course of the conspiracy. 

Randhawa was indicted along with Gursharan Singh and Harinder Dhaliwal, all three have been convicted. Also charged and convicted in the conspiracy were Ravinder Arora, Michael Bagri and Parminder Sidhu.

Today’s sentencing is the result of an investigation by Special Agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Kevin Kelly; Officers from the United States Customs and Border Protection, under the direction of Rose Brophy, Director of Field Operations; the Peel Regional Police Department, under the direction of Chief Jennifer Evans; the Canada Border Services Agency, under the direction of Rick Comerford, Regional Director General, Southern Ontario Region; and the Toronto Police, under the direction of Chief William Blair.