FBI alleges Mexican cartel, Canadian truckers part of drug ring

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U.S. authorities say 19 men have been indicted as part of a drug-smuggling operation that involved large quantities of narcotics moved from Mexico across the U.S. and Canada by long-haul truckers.

The cross-border investigation dubbed “Operation Dead Hand” by the FBI led to the arrest of Roberto Scoppa, a Montreal man alleged by authorities to be a large-scale Canadian trafficker and Italian Mafia figure.

Authorities also arrested Guramrit Sidhu, a resident of Brampton, Canada, also known as...

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