Canadian couple Swati Narula and Kunwardeep Singh free after 8kg fentanyl seizure; charges suspended due to ‘lack of public interest’

Two Calgary residents were arrested after police found nearly eight kilograms of fentanyl in their car during a traffic stop on a highway in Saskatchewan, Canada.According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the drugs were seized during a patrol on January 28, 2025. Police stopped a car on Highway 1, part of the Trans-Canada Highway.During a search of the vehicle, police found approximately eight kilograms of fentanyl under the spare tire. Police detained two passengers in the vehicle as part of a drug trafficking investigation.The suspects were identified as Swati Narula, 27, and Kunwardeep Singh, 29, both residents of Calgary, Alberta. Authorities say the pair told investigators they were heading to Regina when traffic stopped.Narula and Singh were both charged with one count of trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. They appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court on January 29, 2025.Kunwardeep Singh was released on $25,000 bail on February 20, 2025. Swati Narula was released on March 4, 2025, on a $10,000 cash bond with the stipulations that she surrender her passport, abide by a nighttime curfew and live within 100 kilometers of her sister’s home in Calgary. Singh’s bail conditions were later relaxed, allowing him to resume his job as a truck driver in Calgary.Furthermore, all charges against them were stayed – Narula on February 24 and Singh on February 27. In Canada, stayed charges can be reopened within a year, but if not, the case is closed. A stay means prosecutors believe there is little chance of a conviction or that continuing the case is not in the public interestPolice say the seizure is significant because of the extremely high potency of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has caused overdose deaths across Canada. RCMP Superintendent Grant St. Germain said even a few pills of fentanyl can lead to a fatal overdose. He said the seizure prevented “probably millions of doses” of the drug from reaching the community.