Alleged accomplice in fugitive ex-Olympian case denied bail

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 28, 2025 12:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

An alleged accomplice of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding has been denied bail, Ontario Superior Court heard connected Friday. 

Former trucker Gurpreet Singh is accused of helping to co-ordinate cocaine shipments from California to Canada connected behalf of Wedding's alleged transgression ring. He faces extradition to the U.S., wherever prosecutors privation him to basal proceedings connected drug-related charges.

In his written decision, Justice Michael Dineen wrote that Singh "has a precise beardown inducement to fly to debar a imaginable condemnation greater than 20 years successful the United States." 

The allegations against Singh suggest helium has connections with planetary transgression organizations, including successful Mexico, Dubai and Colombia, the determination reads. 

Dineen wrote the tribunal does not person a "credible picture" of Singh's fiscal situation, and whether helium has immoderate funds helium could usage to fly the country. 

"The grounds earlier maine considered arsenic full gives emergence to an evident interest that Mr. Singh whitethorn person a ample and chartless further magnitude of concealed amerciable income," helium said. 

Defence had projected strict location arrest

The defence had projected a strict location apprehension merchandise to Singh's parents' home, with GPS monitoring and the supervision of 3 sureties, including his parents and a household friend.

But Dineen wrote that "it is not realistic to expect this bail program to halt Mr. Singh from disabling the GPS monitor, getting successful a conveyance and efficaciously disappearing if helium had the information and resources to bash so." 

U.S. prosecutors had warned against granting bail to Singh, who is 1 of Wedding's 4 co-defendants successful custody successful Ontario. They suggested successful a caller missive submitted to the Ontario tribunal that Singh, 31, owes a indebtedness to Wedding implicit a kidnapping incident. 

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Prosecutors argued Wedding took recognition for negotiating Singh's merchandise past summertime aft helium was kidnapped by cartel members successful Sinaloa, Mexico over a $600,000 cause debt. 

"Wedding should not beryllium granted entree to an further loyalist done the merchandise of Singh connected bail," Los Angeles-based adjunct U.S. attorneys Maria Jhai and Lyndsi Allsop precocious wrote.

Singh was arrested successful October 2024.