Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

April 21, 2025

By David Olen Cross

The “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in the fourth week of April 2025 has for northwest regional and national radio listeners and webpage followers a report on a federal law enforcement identified foreign national whose criminal case for drug trafficking has been adjudicated in a U.S. District Court in the state of Washington.

Some background information, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington (USAOEDW) issued a news release titled “Indian National Found Guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute More than 170 Pounds of MDMA in Eastern Washington” who the subject of interest was identified as Jaskaran Singh (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Case Number: 2:23-CR-00052-TOR):

Here are two extended excerpts from USAOEDW’s March 19, 2025 news release on Jaskaran Singh:

“Spokane, Washington – Acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced today that a jury returned a verdict in the federal trial of Jaskaran Singh, age 31, who is a native of Gujarat, India. Singh was found guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which is more commonly known as “Ecstasy” or “Molly.” United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice presided over Singh’s trial, which began March 17, 2025. At sentencing, which is set for June 25, 2025, Singh faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years. He may also face removal from the United States.

The evidence presented at trial established that on April 29, 2023, at approximately 10:00 p.m., three unknown individuals tripped motion sensor cameras in a remote area just south of the U.S.-Canada border, approximately one-half-mile west of the Danville, Washington port of entry. U.S. Border Patrol officials at the Curlew Border Patrol Station saw images of these individuals, who had crossed into the United States from Canada and were carrying backpacks and a suitcase. From the U.S. side of the border, the only route to drive into or out of this area is an unestablished dead end, dirt road known as Fourth of July Creek Road.

Minutes later, Border Patrol observed a 2014 Honda Odyssey traveling east on Fourth of July Creek Road. Border Patrol Agents responded to the area and stopped Singh, who was driving the rented Honda Odyssey away from the U.S. Canada border.

From outside the van, Border Patrol agents observed backpacks and suitcase in the rear cargo area of the Odyssey. The backpacks and suitcase were same as those carried across the border by the three individuals, who tripped the motion sensor cameras just a few minutes earlier. Border Patrol Agents obtained authorization to search the van and seized 173.7 pounds of MDMA stored inside the backpacks and suitcase. Investigators later located a map of the area on Singh’s phone and messages detailing where Singh should go, when he should arrive, and directing him to “leave the back hood open.”

Testimony at trial established that the three men transported the MDMA from the Canadian side of the border by carrying the backpacks and suitcase through approximately 300 yards of remote wilderness to where Singh had parked the rented Odyssey van. The three men then returned to the Canadian side of the border, escaping apprehension by law enforcement.

Just one day before the massive seizure, Singh traveled from Northern California to Washington State. Singh had purchased his ticket just prior to the flight and then rented a car in Seattle, before driving to the remote area where the drugs were smuggled across the U.S.-Canada border.” . . .

“Spokane Sector agents are vigilantly safeguarding our borders, swiftly detecting, and interdicting cross-border smuggling activities. This conviction highlights the Spokane Border Patrol Sector’s unwavering commitment to protecting communities from illicit drugs and those who attempt to smuggle them across our borders,” said Jason Liebe, Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the Spokane Sector for the U.S. Border Patrol.

This case was investigated by the United States Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Homeland Security Investigations.” – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.”

Presentencing on Thursday, March 10, 2025 Jaskaran Singh (Local ID: 107038; USM Hold) was incarcerated at the Kittitas County Jail (KCJ) located in Ellensburg, Washington.

Seeking detailed information on the historical immigration status of Jaskaran Singh the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail on Monday, March 31, 2025 and once again on Thursday, April 10, 2025 U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs for the Northwest Region which encompasses the states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington, furthermore, ICE Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. with the following questions:

Is Jaskaran Singh currently illegally present in the United States?

Has ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) lodged an immigration detainer on Jaskaran Singh since he has been in the custody of the Kittitas County Jail (KCJ) located in Ellensburg, Washington?

How many times if any has Jaskaran Singh been previously removed from the country by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)?

Can ICE Public Affairs’ please confirm if Jaskaran Singh’s country of origin is India?

As of Monday, April 21, 2025 neither U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs for the Northwest Region or ICE Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. has responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” request for information on the historical immigration status of USAOEDW identified Indian national Jaskaran Singh.

After sentencing on June 25, 2025 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Jaskaran Singh likely ends up in the long-term custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) where he will be joining more than 24-thousand criminal aliens who are incarcerated in the BOP prison system.

Lars, the fourth week of April 2025 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 northwest regional and national radio show listeners and website followers.

David Olen Cross (docfnc) is a reporter on foreign national crime. He is a more than decade long contributor to the “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report.” His past crime reporting can be found at https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.