Trucker changes plea to guilty in Sarnia $12 million cocaine smuggling trial

A Toronto-area truck driver’s week-long trial in Sarnia into drug smuggling charges laid three years ago at the Blue Water Bridge came to an abrupt end on Day 2 after he changed his pleas to guilty. Chander Sidhar, 55, of Caledon was charged with importing cocaine and possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after 84 one-kilogram bricks of suspected cocaine were seized in a truck on Dec. 14, 2022, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and RCMP officials said at the time. Sidhar ple