$7M worth of drugs seized, 150 charges laid in months-long drug probe

Thirty-nine people are facing more than 150 charges after a months-long drug probe resulted in the seizure of more than $7 million worth of drugs across the GTA.

Police in York Region say they opened an investigation in April 2023 after receiving reports about a woman trafficking drugs in Newmarket. The investigation uncovered a much larger network of traffickers dealing in large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.

A total of 23 search warrants were executed at locations in Newmarket, Vaughan, Mississauga, Ajax and Toronto with more than 11 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, more than six kilos of cocaine, and more than two kilos of fentanyl, which police say could have been processed into 27 kilos of street fentanyl.

The total value of the drugs seized is estimated at more than $7 million.

As many as 39 people are facing 156 criminal charges ranging from possession to trafficking, while arrest warrants have been issued for five others for a variety of drug-related charges.