Hey, how are you doing? When was your last stop? My last stop at the last two fuel up. Huh? Fuel up. Michigan police deputies stopped this truck for a routine check without realizing that it will soon spiral into a full-scale criminal investigation after an insane discovery. Oh, there's boxes up here. They don't quite look the same. Oh, [ __ ] >> [clears throat] >> However, the case is not going to be as simple as it appears. They're like realistically right now, Yeah. you're in a lot of trouble. Like not just a little bit of trouble. You [snorts] got like 44 kilos of cocaine. And in the federal system for us, that is a lot of time. On November 18th, 2024, Berrien County Sheriff's deputies initiated a traffic stop on a Freightliner tractor-trailer traveling eastbound on I-94 in Michigan for seemingly normal traffic violation. Hey, sir. Hey, how are you? You mind popping the door open? Hey, how are you doing? Okay. Anyone traveling with you today? No, man. It's a bomb. And uh I have a photo of the registration because this one they change the plates on it. Okay. Is it the tractor or the trailer? Uh is that uh tractor. Just tractor? Yeah. Okay. Who are you hauling for? I'm hauling for Sis Transport. Sis Transport? Uh the door the name on the door. Okay. Sis Trans SIZ. The truck driver is 22-year-old Sukraj Singh heading towards Canada when he's stopped for a routine check. But little did the officers know that within minutes what should have been routine will soon lead to a staggering discovery. Okay. Reason why I stopped you, you're missing your reflective tape. See how that truck's got reflective tape on the bottom? All the way across? This trailer's missing half its reflective tape on it. Top of the Yes. On the back bumper? Can I see it? Can I see it? Uh yeah, in a minute. Do you have maybe logbook with you? Where When was your last stop? Uh my last stop at the last fuel up. Huh? Fuel up at the You know, there's a love on the last Chicago when you're crossing the Chicago. Yeah. It's the last love's on the in number nine, I think so. Number nine? Yeah. Okay, in in Illinois? In Illinois. Okay, you Illinois. Okay. Is that Is that where it says Gary, Indiana at? Yeah, Gary, Indiana. Okay. Sounds good. And you don't have the trailer information or nothing? I have it. I have the camera. It's in the in the box? Okay, I got it. Awesome. You don't have any weapons or anything on you? Uh I have a knife, knife within this this bag. Okay. You don't have any guns, bazookas, nothing? I don't, man. Okay. >> in Canada. All right. They don't give us They don't give us It's on a phone. That's his logs? Exactly. Yeah. All right, I'm going to have you Step out so so we can see. Okay. Surach doesn't hesitate and he immediately steps down, leading deputies to the trailer, appearing calm and cooperative. At first glance, he shows no resistance, but compliance doesn't always mean innocence. Hurry, go go back to my bumper real quick. I'll show you the issue. Hey, we're going to go we're going to step back here real quick. Yeah, do you see it? I see that one. Do you see where it's missing? So you're carrying What did you say? Uh It's a bus parts that you know the coverings and all the things for the buses like parts for them. Where are you heading to? Uh Canada. Canada? Yeah. Okay. How are you getting to Canada? Uh Sarnia. Huh? Sarnia. Sarnia? Yeah. What do you mean? Describe that to me. Uh that's a border. When you cross it Yeah, how How are you planning on getting there? What What is your route? I route for like here to Lansing. Lansing to straight there's a like 94. It's on the map. So they they're putting on the map. How long How long have you been driving? I'm driving for like That's like around 5. Around what? Around this afternoon. Okay. Yeah. I'm talking about as like a driver. Yeah, as like a driver it's like more than a year. However, deputies can't afford to take this at face value. This stretch of highway has a history involving young long-haul truckers with legit routes and clean US records who make small unnoticeable route changes which are just enough to move undeclared cargo in the trailer without suspicion. And at this moment Sukhraj fits this pattern a little too well raising red flags. You didn't make any stops anywhere between No, I just make it like two stops one for eating and one for fueling. That's all I'm Where Where were those at? Uh it's on the Chicago when I pick up I also stop for eating. I eat the roti bread. And then fueling I go straight to Kitchener, Ontario. All right. You didn't stop at any rest stops? Uh no. Okay. Did you weigh in at the weigh station? Yeah. What was your weigh station? Uh the Michigan one when I just entered. It's like 20 uh 30 minutes away from here. >> Okay, yeah. Yeah, that's the open. So, I go there. Yeah, he says not open? It's open. Yeah. Otherwise, I say it's open. Okay. When's the last time you opened that trailer? That guy just closed it. Huh? When uh that I closed it. Where at? Uh the where I pick it up. Where you picked it up? Yeah. Okay. You got any drugs? No. Despite his openness, the cops still have their suspicions. And when they make their next request, Sukhraj surprisingly agrees to it without hesitation. So, right now we're going to have a dog check out your trailer. Okay. So, right now is like the best opportunity to come forward with it, you know? Okay. Would you give us consent to check the back of your trailer? Yeah, I give you consent. You give us consent? Yeah. Okay. So, as long as you're willing to open that up for us, and you can reseal it, I'm good with that. Okay. You lock? It's uh you say bolt locks. So, this is the hard to open. Okay. There you go. And those are just the parts. Is that And those are just the parts. Yeah, that's the you can see it's like over Yeah, go ahead. You think he's going to show us to him? I can show you. All Yeah. >> [snorts] >> Okay. That's all? Yeah. Is this part of it, too? Uh I can pull it aside if I can. No, you're good. Okay. He consents to the cargo inspection, but doesn't realize why deputies are on high alert. A credible tip has flagged a high-value narcotic shipment moving through this corridor. And as they dig into his paperwork, inconsistencies begin to emerge. His stated travel history doesn't align with GPS data, and the border crossing records don't match. Combined with prior intelligence and Sukraj fitting a known trafficking profile, this stop no longer appears random. However, Sukraj produces his own records to support his account. So, you're you're telling me the last time you stopped at the last one. >> Indiana. Yeah. If you want Matthew I have the But, you never stopped at Michigan. No, I never stopped at Michigan. I just crossed the Uh you see, you can check the cameras at the weigh station. I just crossed it. They gave me the green light. Go ahead because this is like 7,000 lb. No more than that. >> Super light. Yeah. Uh I can show you the over here. Go down here. Today Oh, no. This is 303. So, today's is at the top. See? Okay. That's the today's. Uh I just fueled about this much. 643 And uh I paid this much. And I just got really nervous for a minute. All right. You want this? Nope. You can exit real quick. Despite the documentation presented, officers sense something is not right and re-enter the trailer without Sukraj. As they conduct a closer inspection, they are on the verge of discovering something that will shift the entire narrative and place Sukraj at the center of the investigation. I'm not saying there might be false floors. What I mean, I That's what I was looking under the trailer. I mean, like like I said, there's like gaps where you can get to like here. This is open, but like >> Were those open? Those, yeah, we did Pal, I think only looked at these. I think he might have pulled pulled that that one open maybe. Huh. I mean, yeah. And I can climb up there and look at that. I'm afraid it's not That's the only thing I'm worried about. This one feels solid. And probably one guy. And all this Oh, there was two. There was two? Yeah, there was a guy out of California. Oh, there's boxes up here that don't quite look the same. That's weird. Oh, [ __ ] >> [snorts] >> What? What? Makes sense. There's two two boxes. You got some gloves? All right. Just climbed up and looked behind. There's two boxes in these. You know what those are? Let me hook them up. The discovery is shocking and shifts the situation fast. Officers moved swiftly to take action against Sukhraj. >> [snorts] >> You might have to come back and have a seat in my car with me. You okay? All right, we're going to take a seat in my car. I'm sorry. No, you're good. Go ahead right here. Okay, you can go with me. I'm going to go ahead and detain you right now while you're in the back seat of my car, okay? So, we're just going to read you your rights. You're just being detained right now. You're not under arrest. I I'll explain everything in a minute, but like I said, Where Where's your cell phone at? In my left pocket. Okay. All right, you're in the back of my car right now. So, like I said, right now you're not under arrest. You're just being detained. Okay. For our investigation, we'll be We'll be with you in 1 minute. We're also trying to identify your driver's license. My dispatch having trouble with it coming back. You said your cell phone's right here? Yeah. I'm just going to put it up there on my dash, okay? Have a seat. With Sukhraj detained, officers turn their focus to the substance they found. And in no time, they identify the powder as cocaine. There is white powder, dude. There's powder. It's infused in Yeah. You got lights? I got a little stick. Uh maybe in here. No. No, no. You sure those are You uh don't want to get any of those gloves up. No, they're they're all good. Gloves dirty. That's positive right there. It's cocaine. Thank you. That's a >> Wow. His GPS says he's only going 3 hours away. He ain't going to Canada. Wow. I looked at his GPS when I was looking at the map, so Yeah. And if he was going to Canada, he would take 96 Yeah. north. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, he gave you consent to search this anyways. That's where my question So it is. Oh, yeah, he gave his consent, yeah. Because he didn't want us to look further. That's why. He kept protecting us and booking through. Oh. With their doubts confirmed, officers keep searching only to realize they've barely scratched the surface. What seemed manageable soon turns into something far more serious. You lifted them up, but I think there's something underneath it. That's a lot. It's a what? What's What's heavy. That is Dude, that's mine. Yeah. Yeah. This is like 100 lbs right here. Like it feels like Oh my god. Trust me, it's really heavy. All right. All right. Yeah. What? Yeah. There's really no stacks on bottom. Yeah, it's still heavy as 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maybe 22. Yeah, and all of them are stacked up. Hey, is he still doing good in my backseat? Yeah, he's good. 24 He's going to After finding the drugs, officers have more than enough evidence to take action against Sukraj. So I'm just letting you know you are under arrest right now, okay? Yeah, absolutely. Okay, yeah, one sec. Just got your wrist turned a little bit, you know? All right. It's like my bike. Uh maybe. It's pretty low fast. >> my my shoulder getting cramped. You got a bad shoulder? Yeah. >> Yeah. Try some shoulder rolls. I do that sometimes. Let me double cuff them? No, they're pretty they're fine. Officers find a total of 50 kg, almost 123 lb of cocaine, roughly valued at $1.5 million, making it the biggest drug bust of the year. However, even after the arrest, Sukraj remains calm and unfazed. Moments later, officers begin questioning him, but this will not go how they anticipate. All right, you're you're under arrest because there were some drugs in the back of the trailer. No, I don't know. Okay. Okay. So, the question is that would have been my next question. Why is there drugs in the back of your trailer? I don't know. You don't know? You said you don't know. No. No. I just pick up the load. I'm going to deliver it at the Kitchener. I gave the address to the guy of this car. Already I showed them where I'm going. Okay. So, where'd you pick up the load at? Uh sh You can say northwest Chicago, near to Itasca. Okay. Yeah. That's where you picked up the load at. What did you pick up? Uh around 2:00 p.m. 2:00 2:30. You picked up at 2:00 p.m. Yeah. And where was that at? Uh 2:00 p.m. After that, like No, no, no. What What city were you in when that happened? >> Uh near to this thing. Like Itasca is the city that you were in? >> phone? No, that's okay. Yeah, it's uh it's uh Itasca, is it >> north uh northwest. You go to northwest to Chicago to 94. >> Okay, so is it Chicago? Yeah. It was West Chicago. That was about 2:00 p.m. probably Chicago time. Yeah. Right, which is 3:00 our time. >> Okay. Where did you pick up the load. What was the What was the load? That's the bus parts. So, you pick up the load. Yeah. >> You loaded yourself? No. They loaded me. They load you. Yeah. Okay. Getting the load put on your truck. Yeah. The sixth exit from there you stop and eat. TA? It's TA. Right? Then for fuel. Then fuel at the 9. This is all This is outside of Chicago. Yeah. And then the weigh station. Then the weigh station. They didn't stop me. Right? And then you keep Keep trucking. Yeah, I'm keep trucking and then uh And then you got travel stops. Yeah. Okay. All right. You didn't stop anywhere else? >> Nothing. Nothing. Despite the arrest and the mounting evidence against him, Sukraj continues to maintain his innocence. So, why would your truck be on the video cameras at the welcome center in Michigan? That's the only question that I have that I have not I'm curious about. >> I don't know. But that's the only thing Everything else like I feel like you're top-notch, man. Yeah. >> No, man. I I never stopped there. And that's That's the weirdest part of the whole thing. Right? Like everything else totally legit, totally good. But that's the problem That's the the one thing that I'm having a a problem digesting is you were down there and somebody The camera told us you were down there cuz it it records plates as they come in and sends right you an alert, you know? And then you get pulled over and there's your trailer. So, I believe you all the way up to get your load, get food, get fuel, right? Weigh station. Yes. But like realistically right now, Yeah. you're in a lot of trouble. Like not just a little bit of trouble. You've [snorts] got like 44 kilos of cocaine. And in the federal system for us, that is a lot of time. Like 20 25 30 years time. >> years in federal prison for us. But I don't know anything. >> And the information that we have puts you in getting that that stuff onto your truck. The officer's tactic of explaining the potential consequences strikes a nerve. So Crouch now tries to hand over what he claims is solid proof of his innocence. You know the log books? No, I don't have them here. I can do that for you. You can see I I haven't stopped. I just told you that that's the thing. What phone is it? Uh my personal phone. It's the logbook is on your personal phone? Yeah, I use it when like I'm on off duty. Can I give you that? Laredo probably has it. Okay, go to the three dots on the top left corner, top left corner. Right there? Yeah. Go there. Go to home. Go to logs. Go to logs. Yeah. Tap it. Okay. >> Uh you see the Monday? Tap there. Are you sure? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So you uh see pre-trip at Wheeling where I pick it up, Wheeling, Illinois. Is that right there? Yeah, it's not at the down down one. Yeah, I see. Yeah. The first one. Right there? Yeah, that's my pre-trip. After that I start rolling for 2 4 hours. And then I put 14 minutes for my lunch break. Okay. Okay. Then I go to >> What does that say there? Gary, Illinois. Oh, right here. Yeah. You see the uh Yeah, 15 and a half minutes there basically. Is that right? So I eat there. After that the I move to the Loves. I see the Loves. I fuel there and all the things. and after that I move there's nothing I get Gary Illinois that's all. Despite his explanations he is taken into custody until more solid evidence of his innocence is found and if any such thing exists. Sukraj Singh is formally charged in Berrien County with possession and intent of delivering cocaine. Under Michigan law this is the most serious narcotics trafficking offense carrying a potential penalty of life in prison or any terms of years and a maximum fine of $1 million. dollars. Currently Sukraj remains in custody awaiting a preliminary hearing in the second Berrien County Circuit Court. Meanwhile investigators are still working to determine whether he acted alone as a transporter or was part of a larger network using the I-94 corridor to move drugs toward the Canadian border.