Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026:
- Truck drivers charged after found hauling drugs at Canadian, Mexican borders.
- Recall hits electric trucks.
Truck driver busted attempting to smuggle drugs from U.S. to Canada
A truck driver is being charged by the U.S. government for allegedly trafficking cocaine after being caught in Michigan attempting to transport 93 kilograms of the drug from the U.S. into Canada.
According to court documents, on Oct. 31 at approximately 12:20 a.m., a tractor-trailer driven by Kawal Preet Singh was stopped by a Michigan State Police trooper for traffic violations in Kimball Township, Michigan. During the stop, Singh presented a manifest indicated he was hauling “non-corrugated folding cartons" from Laredo, Texas, to Belleville, Ontario, Canada, court documents state.
A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officer arrived on the scene with a K9 to assist with the stop and conducted an open-air sniff. The dog alerted around the rear trailer doors.
Upon opening the trailer, the HSI officer observed two black garbage bags and two black duffle bags at the rear of the trailer, separate from the pallets containing the manifested cargo.Court documents
Inside the bags, the officer “found numerous bricks contained a white powdery substance, which was wrapped in cellophane and vacuum sealed plastic,” court documents said.
Field testing of the substance tested positive for the presence of cocaine. The total amount of the suspected cocaine was approximately 93 kilograms.
Singh was transported to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, where he stated that he picked up the pre-loaded trailer in Laredo, noting the trailer was locked with a white seal. He then made a stop at a truck stop in Ina, Illinois, and still observed the white trailer seal. Finally, he made two stops at travel centers in Battle Creek, Michigan, but said he did not conduct a walkaround before leaving.
Only after being pulled over “did he realize that there was a different yellow seal on his trailer,” according to the criminal complaint. Yet license plate readers along his route in the days prior to the stop showed the trailer with a white seal in Campbell, Texas, on Oct. 29, and without a white seal on Oct. 30 in West Terra Haute, Indiana. Investigators located an image from Battle Creek, Michigan, that showed a yellow seal on the trailer.
“Singh was unable to explain these discrepancies between his statement and the photographic images of the seals on his cellular device,” court documents added.
Singh was charged with knowingly and unlawfully possessing with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a schedule II controlled substance.
Border officers find liquid meth in truck’s fuel tank
On Oct. 22, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico Port of Entry Commercial Facility in California seized more than 886 pounds of liquid methamphetamine concealed in a vehicle’s fuel tank.
CBP officers removed and seized 22 five-gallon buckets containing the liquid substance from the fuel tank.U.S. Customs and Border Protection
During the inspection, officers observed discoloration in the truck’s fuel tank. A sample of the liquid tested positive for methamphetamine.
“This seizure demonstrates the commitment of our CBP officers at the Calexico Commercial Facility,” said San Diego Director of Field Operations Sidney K. Aki. “Through the coordinated efforts of our intelligence teams and frontline officers, CBP intercepted more than 886 pounds of methamphetamine, before it could reach our communities.”
Mack MD Electric recall prompted by hill start assist messaging
Mack Trucks is recalling approximately 151 model year 2024-2026 Mack MD Electric trucks that were incorrectly manufactured with the hill start assist (HSA) message enabled.
The electric trucks are not equipped with hill start assist functionality, unlike standard Mack MD models, but the same owner's manual language and dashboard iconography was mistakenly used in both platforms.
According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall documents, a false hill start assist message can lead to unexpected vehicle rollback on an incline, increasing the risk of a crash.
Dealers will update the dashboard notification software and add a correction to the owner's manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Dec. 28. Owners can contact Mack's customer service at 800-866-1177 with recall number SC0502. NHTSA’s recall number is 26V-719.
[Related: Great Dane, Wabash trailer recalls]
