Parampreet Singh, 60, was ordered to forfeit US$2 million after pleading guilty to a conspiracy involving cocaine, heroin, opium and ketamine in transactions linked to the US and Canada.
Singh, who is from California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$2 million for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, opium and ketamine, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California has announced.
According to court documents, Singh was the leader and organiser of a drug trafficking conspiracy that coordinated transactions in Canada from California using encrypted mobile phone applications.
The court document describes a proposed 1 kg ketamine deal arranged in Brampton, Canada, on 3 December 2020. According to the prosecution evidence, Singh told an undercover individual that his associate would contact them to arrange the transaction.
Amandeep Multani subsequently coordinated the deal through WhatsApp and instructed the undercover individual to use “Khalistan” as a codeword to identify the driver, Lakhpreet Brar.
Brar reportedly used the codeword, accepted C$33,000 and later returned with approximately 1 kg of a substance presented as ketamine. Laboratory testing revealed that the substance was actually diphenhydramine, an ingredient in Benadryl, rather than ketamine.
Between October 2020 and April 2021, Singh and his co-defendants arranged drug sales to undercover officers involving approximately 10 kilograms of cocaine, 1.5 kilograms of opium, two kilograms of ketamine and multiple samples of heroin.
The transactions, which took place in Canada and Sacramento, generated approximately C$637,600 and US$75,190, according to prosecutors.
Between September 2020 and April 2021, Singh and his co-defendants also repeatedly offered to sell substantially larger quantities of drugs, including up to 100 kilograms of cocaine, 25 kilograms of heroin, 100 kilograms of opium and 200 kilograms of ketamine.
Singh pleaded guilty on 9 September 2025.
Ranvir Singh, 43, of Sacramento, was found guilty by a jury on 15 October 2025 of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and ketamine, as well as one count of cocaine distribution. He is scheduled to be sentenced on 1 December 2026.
He faces a maximum statutory penalty of life imprisonment and a US$10 million fine. His actual sentence will be determined by the court after consideration of applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Another co-defendant, Amandeep Multani, 38, of Roseville, pleaded guilty on 13 December 2022 and agreed to cooperate fully with US authorities. He was sentenced to time served on 10 December 2025, having spent more than four years and eight months in custody.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, York Regional Police in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Placer County Special Investigations Unit.
The prosecution was part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative, established under US Executive Order 14159, which focuses on investigating and prosecuting criminal cartels, transnational criminal organisations and other serious criminal networks operating in the United States and abroad.
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