Crime Correspondent: Pearson International Airport

Harvishal Kler, 23, and Bakshish Ghai, 22, are charged with conspiracy to import heroin into Canada.

Harvishal Kler, 23, and Bakshish Ghai, 22, are charged with conspiracy to import heroin into Canada. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Manjit Dhanoa, 31.Two Brampton men are facing charges and police are looking for another in connection with a heroin importation and distribution gang that was smuggling the drug in through Pearson International Airport.The RCMP's Toronto Airport General Investigation Impact Team say they've dealt the ring a blow this week with the arrests.Three men are alleged to be part of a criminal organization that used human couriers to smuggle heroin through the airport and then distribute the drugs to North American markets. Police say the group recruited couriers and arranged for their travel to a number of South Asian countries to pick up heroin for delivery to Canada.Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at Pearson were instrumental in the interception of couriers and a total of 12.8 kilograms of heroin was seized."This group stood to make a significant profit at great expense to the health and well being of our citizens" said RCMP Inspector Dean Dickson, officer in charge of the Toronto airport detachment. "It takes the kind of partnerships seen in this investigation to effectively combat criminal enterprise and protect our communities".

Harvishal Kler, 23, and Bakshish Ghai, 22, are charged with conspiracy to import heroin into Canada.

Harvishal Kler, 23, and Bakshish Ghai, 22, are charged with conspiracy to import heroin into Canada. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued f...

Epiphane Castang, and Nelle George Charged with importing a controlled substance

Charged with importing a controlled substance are Epiphane Castang, 34, and Nelle George, 24, both of St. Lucia. Instant cake mix turned into an instant drug seizure for Canada customs officers at Pearson International Airport recently.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cn3BmIe2iQa_nH-Wk2lWiD-jrMrOTUOTzj5m80VpdZCeY5p1HDXsW54tMVD6H6enwzoAMpjp-yGFM6xF9RUKOLBoPZkn3dcgvA_lbsR3tDZ8EEe7CiF8Lwxun8EvI-G5DcQyMVNMngE/s1600-h/7cdb0bc647688d5edf29d5f57fb3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198647622921524546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cn3BmIe2iQa_nH-Wk2lWiD-jrMrOTUOTzj5m80VpdZCeY5p1HDXsW54tMVD6H6enwzoAMpjp-yGFM6xF9RUKOLBoPZkn3dcgvA_lbsR3tDZ8EEe7CiF8Lwxun8EvI-G5DcQyMVNMngE/s320/7cdb0bc647688d5edf29d5f57fb3.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a> It was followed with an instant investigation by the Peel Children's Aid Society (CAS), as the two women accused of smuggling in the drugs, arrived on a flight with four children.After Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers discovered the 12 kilograms of cocaine on April 26, which was hidden inside packages of instant cake mix and powdered food, the RCMP charged Quebec residents 37-year-old Sandra Colette Nalvarte, and her mother, 73-year-old Olinda Hortencia Smith, with importing a controlled substance. The drugs have a street value of more than $1.5 million.The two women and children came into Pearson on a flight from Peru, according to the RCMP.Nalvarte's four children are in the custody of Peel CAS pending a review. This week meanwhile, CBSA officers made two separate cocaine seizures on May 5. Both were on the same flight from St. Lucia.During the first incident, a 24 year-old man was charged after customs officers intercepted 4.5 kilograms of cocaine worth more than $560,000, which was "secreted in the spine of the luggage," according to CBSA spokesperson Patrizia Giolti. Daryl Augustin, of St. Lucia, has been charged with importing a controlled substance.Later, CBSA officers arrested a man and woman after 11.5 kilograms of cocaine was found hidden inside "false-sided luggage." The cocaine has a street value of more than $1.4 million.

Epiphane Castang, and Nelle George Charged with importing a controlled substance

Charged with importing a controlled substance are Epiphane Castang, 34, and Nelle George, 24, both of St. Lucia. Instant cake mix turned int...

Maxine Rose,Charles McLean,Darryl Taylor :Another cocaine smuggling ring at Pearson International Airport Busted

Another cocaine smuggling ring at Pearson International Airport Busted. In the latest scheme, a "hapless single mother" was allegedly used as a courier, police say. According to the RCMP, in January 2006, a 25-year-old student and single mother was arrested at Pearson after two kilograms of cocaine was smuggled into Canada. Police say the woman was recruited by a family friend and introduced to two men who allegedly offered her an all-expenses-paid trip to Antigua and $5,000 in exchange for smuggling cocaine into Canada. The woman has been charged, but the RCMP isn't releasing her name out of concern for her safety. "Thanks to some good police work by the investigator, this trio will not be exploiting anyone else for a while," said Sgt. Frank Gougeon, head of the RCMP's General Investigation Impact Team. Maxine Rose, 32, of Markham, and Darryl Taylor, 26, of Toronto, are charged with conspiring to import cocaine into Canada, and importing cocaine into Canada. Rose and Taylor are before the courts on these charges and a warrant has been issued for Charles McLean, 41, of no fixed address, on the same charges. McLean is believed to have fled to St. Vincent. Police have thwarted a number of cocaine smuggling rings at Pearson in recent months, including one on Nov. 17 in which Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers teamed up with the special Toronto Airport Drug Enforcement Unit to intercept more than 50 kilograms of cocaine worth more than $6.6 million that was brought into Canada. lrosella@mississauga.net

Maxine Rose,Charles McLean,Darryl Taylor :Another cocaine smuggling ring at Pearson International Airport Busted

Another cocaine smuggling ring at Pearson International Airport Busted. In the latest scheme, a "hapless single mother" was allege...