Handguns from the U.S. seized following OPP investigation

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Posted October 16, 2025

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Two individuals from Brampton are facing  charges related to weapons trafficking after an eight-month investigation.

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In February 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Border Drug Interdiction Task Force (BDIT) began an intelligence-led investigation into alleged cocaine trafficking.

 

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, investigators identified a northbound tractor-trailer linked to the ongoing investigation, originating in Toronto. The tractor-trailer was subsequently stopped at a Ministry of Transportation inspection station near Temiskaming Shores. A search warrant was executed on the tractor-trailer with assistance from:

• OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau

• OPP Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team

• OPP North East Region Community Street Crime Units

• OPP Canine Unit

• Temiskaming OPP

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The search warrant led to the seizure of 72 illegal handguns and 66 prohibited devices. Preliminary tracing results from the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario-managed Firearms Analysis and Tracing Enforcement (FATE) Program indicate all handguns originated in the United States.

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Balraj SINGH, 31 of Brampton, has been charged with:

• Weapons trafficking - 72 counts;

• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine.

 

The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto on a later date.

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Kawalbir SINGH, 21 of Brampton, has been charged with 72 counts of weapons trafficking.

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The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.