Two Calgary residents were arrested after police found approximately eight kilograms of fentanyl hidden in their vehicle during a traffic stop on a highway in Saskatchewan (Canadian province).According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the drugs were seized during a patrol on January 28, 2025. Officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 1, part of the Trans-Canada Highway.During a search of the vehicle, officers found approximately eight kilograms of fentanyl hidden under the spare tire. Police detained two people traveling 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 said the couple told investigators they were traveling to Regina at the time of the traffic stop.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. He appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court on January 29, 2025.Kunwardeep Singh was released on bail on February 20, 2025 with a bond of $25,000. Swati Narula was released on a $10,000 cash bond on March 4, 2025, with rules to surrender her passport, abide by a nightly curfew, and stay within 100 km of her sister’s home in Calgary. Singh’s bail conditions were later relaxed to allow him to resume work as a truck driver in Calgary.Additionally, all charges against them were stayed – against Narula on 24 February and against Singh on 27 February. In Canada, stayed charges can be reopened within a year, but if not, the case is expunged. A stay means the Crown has decided there is little chance of a conviction or it is not in the public interest to continue with the case.Police called the seizure significant because of its high potency of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has contributed to overdose deaths across Canada. RCMP Superintendent Grant St. Germain said even a few grains of fentanyl could cause a potentially fatal overdose. He said the seizures prevented “potentially millions of doses” of the drug from reaching communities.