Quebec man accused in huge cocaine, fentanyl and meth smuggling case appears in U.S. court. The case involves a lot of fentanyl, but all of it was in the U.S. and believed to be from Mexico; the endgame was to smuggle drugs into Canadaantimafia wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:28 am Ontario man named boss of huge cross-border drug smuggling ring slipped out of Canada and into U.S. court
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When Operation Dead Hand was announced in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024, Sidhu and some of the other Canadians swept up in the drama were overshadowed by big allegations and better-known names.
In the United States, there were wanted fugitives linked to Mexican drug cartels and distracting mountains of cocaine surrounding the podium at the press conference; in Canada, there was a man with a notorious last name: Roberto Scoppa, brother of two leaders in a faction of the Montreal Mafia who were killed in 2019 during a mob war.
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Gravel Gonzalez seemed a small fry.
Attention focused on alleged bosses of the two related smuggling networks that the FBI snitch infiltrated, including Roberto Scoppa, 55, of Montreal, the brother of two leaders in the Montreal Mafia who were killed during a mob war; Guramrit Sidhu, 61, of Brampton, west of Toronto, known as “King,” who allegedly orchestrated the Ontario branch; and three wanted narcos linked to Mexican cartels who remain fugitives.
All of the Canada-based accused faced extradition from Canada to the United States, which can be a lengthy process if it is resolutely opposed.
Gravel Gonzalez, it turns out, didn’t put up much of a fight.
