Canadian Police Bust ISI-Khalistan Linked Transnational Narco-Terror Network Funding Anti-India Activities

In an operation named Project Pelican, Peel Regional Police in Canada have dismantled a large-scale narco-terror network suspected of financing anti-India activities, with nine individuals arrested including seven Indian-origin men settled in Canada.

The probe, which began in June 2024, resulted in Canada’s largest cocaine seizure to date, amounting to 479 kilograms, valued at $47.9 million, the official release stated.

The investigation uncovered that the network was exploiting commercial trucking routes between the US and Canada, with links to Mexican cartels and US-based distributors.

The arrested individuals were identified as:

• Hao Tommy Huynh, 27-year-old

• Sajgith Yogendrarajah, 31-year-old

• Manpreet Singh, 44-year-old

• Philip Tep, 39-year-old

• Arvinder Powar, 29-year-old

• Karamjit Singh, 36-year-old man

• Gurtej Singh, 36-year-old man

• Sartaj Singh 27-year-old man

• Shiv Onkar Singh, 31-year-old man

They collectively face 35 charges related to firearms and drug trafficking, Peel Police confirmed.

Significant seizures occurred between February and May 2025, including 127 kg of cocaine at Ambassador Bridge (Windsor) and 50 kg at Blue Water Bridge (Point Edward).

Additional busts were made in the Greater Toronto Area, with some suspects found in possession of loaded semi-automatic handguns.

“A total of 479 kg of bricked cocaine, worth an estimated $47.9 million, was seized, along with two illegal loaded semi-automatic handguns. The accused were held for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton,” the Peel police said.

The trafficked cocaine’s proceeds were allegedly directed towards supporting Khalistani protests, referendums, weapons procurement, and other anti-India agendas, Times of India reported citing sources.

Intelligence sources cited in the ToI report suggested this was part of a broader ISI-backed initiative, also involving Afghan heroin trafficked to bolster extremist networks.

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