International Student Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Sentenced to 11 Years

The Saskatoon Police Service seized more than two kilograms of fentanyl, more than five kilograms of methamphetamine, more than half a kilogram of cocaine, and $77,546 in cash following the arrest of Jatinderpal Singh on Aug. 30, 2024. Saskatchewan Police Service handout photo

A Saskatchewan judge has sentenced a former international student from India to 11 years in prison after he pled guilty to drug trafficking and possessing proceeds of crime charges.

Jatinderpal Singh, 27, was an international student at an Ontario university where he finished his first year, but said he couldn’t afford to continue his second year and turned to drug trafficking to pay off his debts, Saskatoon provincial court Judge Lisa Watson’s Sept. 4 written decision says.