Illinois cops bust 2 Canadians who crossed border with 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million
They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing.
Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.
Vanshpreet Singh, 27, and Manpreet Singh, 36, were found with 1,146 pounds of cocaine inside their Volvo semi-truck when police stopped them for an inspection on Interstate 80 in Geneseo, about 150 miles west of Chicago, Illinois State Police said.
The arrests come days after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose new 25% tariffs on Canada unless the country cracked down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling.
“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” Trump declared.
The president-elect noted that the tariff will “remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular, Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Trump on Friday in Mar-a-Lago and had what he described as “an excellent conversation.”
Police found “numerous indicators of criminal activity” leading to the inspection Friday, which yielded a massive amount of cocaine, worth well over $40 million, police said.
The men, both from Ontario, were each charged with Class X felony counts of cocaine trafficking, possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver and possession of cocaine.
A photo of the seizure shared by police shows a gigantic stack of individually packaged bricks of the illicit substance.
Both men were booked at the Henry County Jail and are awaiting their first court appearance.
US customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border, according to the Associated Press.
Additionally, Border Patrol officers made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone, but only 23,721 at the Canadian border between October 2023 and September 2024.
Even still, Canadian officials say they are willing to make investments in border security.
With Post wires.
