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Two Indian nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston yesterday in connection with the distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine. The defendants allegedly traveled from California to Massachusetts with drugs worth over $10.5 million.
Simranjit Singh, 28, and Gusimrat Singh, 19, of Fresno, Calif. were each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and one count of distribution of 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 United States 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 an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Strike Force Initiative, which has established permanent multi-agency task force teams that work side-by-side in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on intelligence-driven, multi-jurisdictional operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations.
Investigators became aware of a California-based drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) interested in transporting methamphetamine and other drugs to 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 tractor-trailer arrived at a planned Andover address to deliver methamphetamine to the undercover agents. The driver and passenger of that tractor-trailer, later identified as Gusimrat Singh and Simranjit Singh, allegedly handed off 65 pounds of suspected methamphetamine to the undercover agents. The men were immediately taken into custody.
According to court documents, while searching the cab of the tractor-trailer, over 400 kilogram bricks of suspected cocaine were discovered, worth more than $10.5 million. The charges provide for a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years and up to life of supervised release, and a fine of up to $10,000,000.
