Cross-Border Drug Smuggling Ring Busted

A massive cross-border drug smuggling ring has been busted, the Ontario Provincial Police say.

Project Needham saw 29 people taken into custody and a large amount of drugs, including crystal meth and marijuana, taken off the streets.

Officers allege that the accused used boats to smuggle the drugs across the United States – Canada border.

The joint initiative among the OPP, Belleville Police, Toronto Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and a host of other forces, was launched in the spring of 2009

The bulk of the warrants were carried out on December 8. A meth lab in a home near Bolton was part of the sting, as well as 33 other homes and businesses in the eastern and western parts of Southern Ontario.

“22 pounds of crystal methamphetamine was seized,” said OPP Det. Insp. Ian Grant.

“At our request, and with the assistance of our U.S. counterparts, we interdicted two loads destined for the United States. One was for 104 pounds of MDMA and the other was for 118 pounds of marijuana,” Grant continued.

Police say they also recovered $500,000 in cash and goods.

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