Indian Among Others From Canada Charged In Australia

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 Four young Canadian residents, including an Indian man from Surrey, with all four from the Surrey area, have been arrested in Melbourne, Australia for allegedly trying to smuggle five million dollars worth of drugs into the country.CTV News reported that Jason Singh, 21, Tyrell Brown, 20,Madison Trim, 19, and an unnamed 17-year-old were arrested and accused of trying to import 17kg of heroin into Melbourne. On Monday, Nov. 18 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service agents at Melbourne Airport identified the four, who were carrying two bags each, for examination after they’d arrived on a flight from China.“The officers felt the bags were a little bit heavy after they had been emptied,” said Herald Sun court reporter Shannon Deery, who has been following the story in Melbourne. “An X-ray of the luggage found a white powder that had been built into the bottom of the bag.”The powder tested positive for heroin and police arrested Singh, Brown, Trim and a 17-year-old suspect who is too young to identify.

They are all facing charges of importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, namely heroin, contrary to section 307.1 of the Criminal Code Act1995. CTV News found Facebook pages matching the names of the accused who all live in the Metro Vancouver area Brown’s Facebook page lists Elgin Park Secondary in his school history while Singh, a Dutch national who resided in Surrey, attended Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary, reported Surrey Leader.On a Nov. 16 Facebook post that has since been deleted, Trim writes: “bye bye thailand you have been very good to us, we will be back.”Trim is believed to have ran in the same circles as Singh and Brown, while the 17-year-old (who cannot be identified because of her age) reportedly attended school in South Surrey.“They are all facing life imprisonment, the toughest sentence you can get here in Australia,” Deery said. “It is a crime authorities want to stamp out completely.”Spokesperson for ACBPS Dean Hogarth said in a press release the “seizure was a significant one for Melbourne Airport.”“This was a sophisticated operation, involving multiple people and numerous bags,” Hogarth said. “Despite its sophistication, Customs and Border Protection officers have again stopped a significant amount of heroin reaching our communities.”The four are being held in custod until their next court appearance in February.