Operation Valley Cloak

The primary mandate of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit is to expose, investigate, prosecute, dismantle, and disrupt organized criminal enterprises. Operation Valley Cloak was a CFSEU operation that aimed to stop drug smuggling helicopters from importing hundreds of kilos a week. Target in the fall of 2018 were the Sandhers.

Photo of drug helicopters was uploaded to Instagram by Gurtaj Singh Sandher. Location is the Sandher plant on Old Vernon Road, and the time is fall 2018 as there is no packing equipment.

Gurtaj Singh Sandher wisely uploaded evidence to Instagram in the middle of his drug smuggling operation. The photo was downloaded by US drug agents. Gurtaj Singh Sandher in affidavit #2 affirmed September 2, 2024 states;
“16. In response to these allegations, me and my family do not own, and have never owned, two Bell 214-ST helicopters registered in Nevada or any Bell 214-ST helicopters registered anywhere. In fact, we have never owned any helicopters of any kind.”