The FBI is searching for Indian national Harmanveer Singh in connection with an international drug trafficking network linked to the Ravinder Dhanda organised crime group based in Vancouver, Canada. Singh was accused of being in the organisation’s global drug trafficking network and is also accused of transporting and exporting controlled substances.
The FBI's action follows Operation Hard Ball, a global effort to hunt down organized crime networks that investigators said were linked to Lawrence Bishnoi, Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Ravinder Dhanda. Law enforcement from the United States, Canada and several European countries were involved in the operation.
The Ravinder Dhanda Organised Crime Group is believed to have smuggled large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States, Canada and Mexico, the FBI said. The network was a part of a larger conspiracy of distribution, possession and export of controlled substances, investigators said.
The FBI said Harmanveer Singh is wanted for his alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization that is involved in a conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances with the intent to distribute them and to possess controlled substances. He’s also charged with being involved in a conspiracy to export controlled drugs.
A federal arrest warrant for Singh was issued on June 23, 2026, by the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. The charges against him are conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances with intent to distribute, conspiracy to export controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
The case is part of a much wider international investigation into organised crime networks allegedly operating across multiple countries. Law enforcement agencies in the US, Canada and Europe have arrested 24 people in a coordinated operation earlier this month. Eleven were taken into custody in California.
The broader investigation has focused on three India-linked transnational organised crime groups and their alleged involvement in a range of criminal activities. The US Department of Justice has charged 37 people in an indictment connected to Operation Hard Ball.
The FBI investigation shows the growing global focus on organised crime networks that allegedly function across borders using established relationships in different countries to facilitate drug trafficking and other criminal activities. US authorities are still working to catch people and disrupt criminal networks and bring alleged members before the courts.
The charges against Harmanveer Singh are allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
