Two Calgary residents were arrested after police found nearly eight kilograms of fentanyl hidden in their car during a traffic stop on a highway in Saskatchewan (Canadian province).According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the drugs were seized on January 28, 2025, during a patrol. Officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 1, part of the Trans-Canada Highway.During a search of the vehicle, officers discovered approximately eight kilograms of fentanyl hidden under the spare tire. The police arrested the two occupants of the car as part of an investigation into drug smuggling.The suspects have been identified as 27-year-old Swati Narula and 29-year-old Kunwardeep Singh, both residents of Calgary, Alberta.
The couple told investigators they were traveling to Regina at the time of the traffic stop, authorities said.Narula and Singh are each charged with one count of trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. They appeared in the current Swift District Court on January 29, 2025.Kunwardeep Singh was released on bail on February 20, 2025 on $25,000 bail.
Swati Narula was released on March 4, 2025, on $10,000 cash bail with rules to give up her passport, follow a nightly curfew, and stay within 100 kilometers of her sister’s home in Calgary. Singh’s bail conditions were later relaxed to allow him to resume work as a truck driver in Calgary.Moreover, all charges against them – Narula on February 24, and Singh on February 27 – were suspended. In Canada, pending charges can be appealed within one year, but if not, the case ends. A stay means that the Crown has decided that there is little chance of a conviction or that continuing the case is not in the public interestPolice called the seizure important because of the extreme potency of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has contributed to overdose deaths across Canada. Even a few fentanyl pellets can cause a fatal overdose, RCMP Superintendent Grant St. Germaine said. He said the seizure prevented “potentially millions of doses” of the drug from reaching communities.
