Kyle Alexander Purvis nailed for MAJOR cocaine - update V

The judge described Kyle Alexander Purvis, 36, as the 'boots on the ground' part of the operation. Adam Kaup, who was sentenced to 19 years in prison, was the logistics man, and Vincenzo Capotorto, who is heading to trial, was the 'money man'. Purvis’ role was to set up a warehouse on Mohawk Street to receive cocaine shipments and what looked like a legitimate company – KP Heavy Equipment. At sentencing, the judge said “That leaves 16.5 years in the penitentiary.”

Adam Kaup, 43, pleaded guilty to helping import 1,512 kg of cocaine that was to be delivered to a Brantford warehouse in 2022. Kaup also acknowledged a previous plan that brought in a large shipment in 2021 that went undetected. “It’s breathtaking,” said Justice Gethin Edward as he sentenced Kaup to 19 years in prison. Also charged were Vincenzo Capotorto, 47, and Kyle Alexander Purvis, 36. Purvis has pleaded guilty and returns to court in August. Records list Purvis as director of a heavy equipment repair and service company Deval Handling Equipment Inc. at 133 Mohawk St, Brantford, Ont. (Closed) Capotorto is said to have owned the warehouse.

Kyle Alexander Purvis, of Brantford was charged with importing a controlled substance into Canada and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. This comes almost a month after 1.5 tonnes of cocaine was seized by CBSA hidden inside a marine container in Saint John, N.B. The huge cocaine shipment travelled a winding route from Colombia, through Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic inside secret compartments in a large piece of machinery, its final destination a heavy equipment business in Brantford. Valued was pegged at $198m and it is the largest quantity of cocaine seized from a marine shipping container in Atlantic Canada in three decades.