NOT your Sikhs today: Southwestern Ontario edition

What/where (Walt hears you ask) is Walpole Island? Answer: Walpole Island, known as Bkejwanong in Anishinaabemowin, is an "unceded" Indian First Nation territory in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Located at the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, it is home to the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples.

Given its location, and the claim of the indigenes that the land was never ceded to the British crown and is thus not shackled by White Man's Law, Walpole Island has become something of a haven for drug and human traffickers. 

Protestations of sovereignty and immunity fell on deaf ears recently as Ontario Provincial Police capped a major drug trafficking investigation with three arrests and the seizure of more than C$1.28 million (about $928,000 in real  money) in illicit drugs, firearms, stolen vehicles, cash and other property. 

The OPP’s Lambton County Community Street Crime Unit began investigating suspected drug trafficking on Walpole Island First Nation in April. On July 17th, search warrants were executed at two residences in London ON, resulting in the seizure of large quantities of suspected fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, along with multiple firearms, stolen vehicles, Canadian currency and other evidence. 

Two men in their late 20s and a woman, 28, described in Canad's lickspittle media as "London residents", face numerous charges under the Criminal Code of Canada, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Highway Traffic Act. 

Charges included are: possession of prohibited or restricted firearms, possession of property obtained by crime, trafficking in fentanyl, cocaine and opioids, and using or making forged documents. 

Two of the accused were remanded into custody and are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in London on Friday, after which they will be released. The third (likely the woman) has already been released and is set to appear in court on September 14th. It's the Canadian way.

Regular readers of "Your Sikhs today" may have jumped to the conclusion that the accused are Sikhs. Surprise! They are Pakistan Muslims: ✅Saad Khan ✅Saleh Khan, and ✅Fathima Fahim. Police say the group, whose citizenship status (or lack thereof) was not disclosed was flooding the streets of London, surrounding communities in Lambton County, Native reserves, and the Chatham-Kent region of southern Ontario.