A San Bernardino County law enforcement agency allowed two international drug dealers who were utilizing a big rig semi-truck and their assumption of the roles of interstate truck drivers as a cover for their operation to slip through their fingers, according to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
On January 3 at around 1:30 p.m., an Indiana state trooper made a routine stop of a blue International semi that was headed from Joplin Missouri to Richmond, Indiaa for a standard Department of Transportation compliance check on I-70 near the 41-mile marker in Putnam County. In the vehicle were two Indian nationals residing in California, Jasveer Singh, 30 of Santa Clara, and Gurpreet Singh, 25 of Fresno. According to Indiana State Police, while the trooper was speaking with the driver, he detected “criminal indicators,” after which a police canine brought to the scene alerted to possible drugs inside. This was used as probable cause to search the truck.
Inside the sleeper berth, according to Indiana State Police, troopers found 309 pounds of cocaine.
On January 4, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on January 4 lodged arrest detainers for both Jasveer Singh and Gurpreeet Singh, characterizing them as “two criminal illegal aliens from India.”
Both Singhs were issued commercial drivers licenses issued by the State of California.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, “Jasveer Singh illegally entered the U.S. on March 21, 2017 near Otay Mesa, California. He was arrested on December 5, 2025 for receiving stolen property in San Bernardino, California. ICE lodged an arrest detainer. Due to Governor Newsom’s sanctuary polices, the detainer was not honored, and this criminal illegal alien was released back into American communities.”
Gurpreet Singh, according to the Department of Homeland Security, “illegally entered the U.S. on March 11, 2023 near Lukeville, Arizona and was released into the country under the Biden administration. Gurpreet Singh freely admitted to law enforcement that he was a citizen of India and illegally in the U.S.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin told the Sentinel, “Thanks to Gavin Newsom’s reckless policies, these two criminal illegal aliens were granted commercial drivers licenses by the State of California and were arrested for trafficking a whopping 300 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-truck. Gavin Newsom and his fellow sanctuary politicians even refused to honor an arrest detainer on one of these criminal illegal aliens in December. Sanctuary policies put American lives at risk. ICE law enforcement lodged arrest detainers to ensure these drug traffickers are not allowed back into American communities.”
Governor Newsom’s office made no response to McLaughlin’s statement.

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