Wanted by FBI, Punjab Police Arrest Indian-Origin Drug Network Kingpin

PUNJAB Police on Monday arrested an Indian-origin international drug lord, Shehnaz Singh alias Shawn Bhinder, wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the US.

- HARPREET BAJWA @ Chandigarh

He is allegedly the kingpin in a global narcotics network and smuggled cocaine from Colombia into the United States and Canada.

Bhinder, a graduate of Mandiala village in Batala, has resided with his family in Brampton, Canada, since 2014. However, feeling the FBI heat, he gave the agents the slip and clandestinely landed in India this month.

On February 26, the FBI seized an enormous cache of drugs and weapons, including 391 kilograms of methamphetamine, 109 kilograms of cocaine, and four sophisticated weapons from multiple residences and vehicles linked to the syndicate.