The two accused, commercial truck drivers, were charged with importing cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking after CBSA officers found 31 kilograms of cocaine in their trailer at the Ambassador Bridge.
The Crown's case relied on circumstantial evidence to prove knowledge and control.
The court rejected the testimony of the accused Sidhu, finding his explanation for his fingerprint on a box containing cocaine to be illogical and implausible.
Sidhu was found guilty on both counts.
However, the court found that the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the co-accused Singh had knowledge of the cocaine, as there was no physical evidence linking him to the drugs and other reasonable inferences existed.
Singh was acquitted.
