Brampton Man Pleads Guilty to Major Drug Trafficking Ring

0:00A 62-year-old man from Brampton, Ontario has pleaded guilty to leading a major drug trafficking ring that smuggled hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine from the United States into Canada. The operation, worth up to $17 million, ran from September 2020 to February 2023, with Gromert-Sidu, directing bulk purchases in the U.S. for transport across the border. In just two months from September to October 2022, his group moved eight loads totaling more than 500 kilograms of meth and nearly 350 kilograms of cocaine using long-haul semi-trucks. Sidu is the lead defendant and a federal indictment from January 2024, and he's the seventh person linked to the ring to admit guilt so far. He faces sentencing on July 9th, with a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and the possibility of life behind bars, marking another win for, cross-border drug enforcement

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