The FBI has arrested Harmanveer Singh, an Indian national, for his alleged role in drug trafficking for the Ravinder Dhanda gang based out of Canada.
Singh was arrested in , , on Tuesday by officers of the California Highway Patrol, the said on Wednesday.
The FBI action followed , a coordinated international enforcement action targeting the gangs run by , and Ravinder Dhanda.
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The probe agency said Singh was wanted for his alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organisation engaged in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to export controlled substances.
It said the Ravinder Dhanda Organised Crime Group is based out of , Canada, and allegedly smuggled bulk quantities of cocaine and for drug trafficking organisations throughout the United States, , and Mexico.
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On June 23, 2026, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Singh in the District Court, Central District of California, , California, after he was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to export, and possession with intent to distribute Controlled Substances.
In a joint operation earlier this month, law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada, andarrested 24 persons – 11 of them in California – connected to three India-based transnational organised crime groups charged with a litany of criminal acts.
In total, the US Department of Justice had charged 37 people in the indictment as part of its ‘Operation Hard ball’.
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