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10 Oakville Beaver | Thursday, January 12, 2023 insidehalton.com uw ° =z = Ss = ALLEGED GANGSTER'S OAKVILLE PARADISE: COCAINE IN A SUITCASE STEPHEN METELSKY Column EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is part two in a four-part series on suspect- ed gangster and murder vic- tim Subhvir De “Sukhvir Deo was part of the Wolfpack and the Wolfpack was linked to the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico,” said Peter Edwards, the To: ronto Star organized crime writer. "Cocaine was at the top of the list. It was their ton officer on a stretch of Lakeshore Road in O: ville, oe ROMP’ oe force in B. Bey had ye yet 2 See that Deo | had quietly relocated multimillion dollar homed in Oakville. “Deo was a big player in- volved with drug traffick- ing, former drug and intelli- gence sergeant who retired 2. Nadim worked in Halton’s drug unit when Deo appeared on the radar ) HALTON CRIME, CONFIDENTIAL, #teee a after that October 2013 traf- fic stop. "Deo was involved with ging caine up into Canada ‘rom the United States," con- firmed Nadim, who added that there were occupa- tional hazards when part- nering with Mexico! 's Sina- loa drug cal “Deo an 3 big target. People wanted him dead,” dim said. Once Halton's drug unit was notified Deo was an Oakville resident, the co- vert investigation sprung into action when the mo- ile surveillance team im- mediately began following Deo's every move. The team's observations into Deo's nefarious activities intaneor lice slang for surveillance on a target — revealed that 1 Koln [=)/ om Co) UL v Patient Counselling v¥ Complete Diabetic Care ¥ Vaccinations / Cholesterol, ATC, AFib and DNA Screening Deo also owned a high-end Toronto condominium that overlooked the Rogers Cen- tre. He was seen immedi- ately linking up with two brothers who were friends with Deo. Police referred to the brothers as Deo's "drug runners" and “associates." and a suitcase from the condo's underground ga- rage up to Deo's condo. The surveillance team could not afford "getting burned" — parlance for being spot- ted, The team then followed Deo, who was in the compa- ny of the brothers, toalocal rdware store, where they purchased a vacuum sealer and other products police say are consistent with "drug parapherna! to facilitate the sone and trafficking of narcot- S. The two associates of Deo were later seen feaving the downtown condo possession of the uitease the surveillance team had observed being moved from the underground ga- rage to Deo's condo. The two brothers put the Suitcase t in th the trunk of and male target police later confirmed to be a resident DE RANGO PHARMACY INC. www.shoppersdrugmart.ca Halton police photo SUKHVIR DEO of Montreal. He immedi- ately got into the back seat and the three men drove di- rectly to Union Station. A member of Halton's surveillance team scurried on. mn foot into the train sta- tion, where they observed the Montreal native, now in possession suit- case, purchase a ‘one, vay ticket to Montreal. Thes' eillance member bought a ticket too and now “had eyes" on the target as the train departed east out of Toronto. The phone lines burned up as police decided next first stop in Oshawa. In co- ordination with Durham police, officers instructed all Passengers to claim ir luggage and depart the train as part of a pur- ported K-9 training exer- cise. Every piece of luggage was removed from the train— pside from the suit- case Halton police ob- served the Montreal man retrieve from the trunk ofa car that had initially been seen in Deo's underground condo garage. The suitcase was un- claimed and the Montreal man failed to stake owner- ship of it. When opened, in- vestigators discovered that the suitcase was filled to the brim with pac! s pure cocaine, Nadi firmed. It contained fifteen kilograms of cocaine in to- in 2013, fifteen ki- ims of cocaine was worth half a million dol- lars," said Nadim. Urgent phone calls were made up the hierarchy to the offices of the Public Prosecution of Canada (PPSC) to determine next investigative steps namely, take the investiga- tion down now or move up the drug hierarchical lad- der to link Deo's crew to bigger fish: the Mexican cartel. tal. “Back ii eral The project had the green light to proceed, but it required additional in- vestigative support, result- ingin "Project Canuck" —a joint forces operation with the Milton branch of the RCMP. The RCMP picked up the surveillance of the tw brothers and "associates" eo. They were discreet- ly followed to Yorkdale car from Quebec. When the RCMP lost the rabbi in traffic, Halton po- lice provided the vehicle details to the OPP, who spotted the vehicle heading hook on ae oea Fried mn Oe vovide Neaiable information that elevated Project Canuck to interna- tional heights. When the rabbi refused to get out of the rental car, Police said the rabbi was a"hawala"—a term used to describe someone who op- erates outside of normative and regulated banking sys- tems. They are known as “money brokers." The rab- bihad refused to get out be- cause he had been wearing acatheter. Halton police were able to later confirm the cash was going “directly to the an" who was con- firmed “to be Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of Mexico's vicious Sinaloa drug cartel. Part three, "The Under- cover Ruse,” will be coming up next. Stephen Metelsky is an author, professor and re- tired HRPS detective. He can be found on Twitter at @StephenMetelsky. Have a idea? Reach him athaltom HaltonCrime- Confidential@gmail.com. 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