A 50-year-old Dinuba man who ran a Round Table Pizza restaurant is facing federal drug and weapons charges after investigators say he used the business as a front for wholesale methamphetamine distribution. A federal grand jury indicted Kawal Preet Singh on Thursday, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, Singh is an Indian national who is unlawfully present in the United States. Prosecutors say the case grew out of a broader investigation into Indian Organized Crime operating within California's Central Valley, and that agents identified Singh's Dinuba restaurant as a hub for the alleged drug sales. FBI Sacramento confirmed the indictment followed a joint investigation by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations.
Federal agents executing search warrants on August 18 at Singh's residence and his Dinuba business seized more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine, three firearms, and over $10,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The Round Table Pizza location tied to the case sits in Tulare County, according to GV Wire, which reported that the franchise restaurant is where prosecutors allege the wholesale distribution took place.
A Task Force Built to Target Organized Crime
The case was handled by the Central Valley Homeland Security Task Force, which the U.S. Attorney's Office describes as a partnership drawing agents from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service, and IRS Criminal Investigation. That task force structure traces back to Executive Order 14159, titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion, which President Donald Trump signed on January 20, 2025, directing interagency task forces to prioritize criminal prosecutions against noncitizens involved in organized crime, per the Federal Register.
The Singh indictment arrives just two months after federal law enforcement unsealed Operation Hard Ball, an international investigation into Indian transnational organized crime groups in California and North America that resulted in 24 arrests across 37 indictments, as reported by the Los Angeles Times in July. That operation's targets were accused of racketeering, targeted shootings, and drug trafficking, underscoring the scale of the enforcement effort now reaching into a small Central Valley pizza shop.
Separately, Department of Homeland Security regulations finalized in June 2026 under the same executive order now require undocumented noncitizens aged 14 and older who remain in the U.S. for 30 days or longer to register and provide fingerprints to federal authorities, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Failure to comply has been designated a federal enforcement priority.
Steep Penalties If Convicted
If convicted on all counts, Singh faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years up to life in prison and a $10 million fine on the drug trafficking charges, plus a mandatory minimum of 5 years to be served consecutively for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Final sentencing would be determined under federal guidelines. The charges remain allegations at this stage, and Singh has not been convicted.
Dinuba has already seen elevated law enforcement activity this year beyond the federal drug case. In August, two teenagers were arrested in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting on Alta Avenue, according to a report from Fresno-area news outlet Acast, adding to a string of high-profile violent crime cases local and county authorities have handled in the small Tulare County town this year.
