Ontario police recover $629K in illegal drugs, over 60 charges laid in extensive case
Posted March 14, 2024 11:20 am.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid over 60 charges, recovered over $600,000 in illegal drugs and seized multiple handguns in a multi-jurisdictional drug trafficking investigation.
Authorities first learned of illegal drug trafficking in October 2023 from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to London, Ont., and various parts of Western Ontario. Drugs were also being trafficked to Thunder Bay.
On Feb. 28, 2024, search warrants were executed at seven residences in Thunder Bay, London, Ont., Mississauga and Vaughan. Police seized the following items, totalling $629,000.
- More than 3.2 kilograms of cocaine
- More than 1.3 kilograms of powdered fentanyl
- More than 135 grams of methamphetamine
- Nearly 10 grams of MDMA ecstasy
- More than 3,700 oxycodone tablets
- More than 2,000 hydromorphone capsules
- More than 8,000 hydromorphone (8mg) tablets
- More than 35 alprazolam tablets
- Nearly 80 acetaminophen and codeine tablets
- Approximately 1500 millilitres of promethazine (liquid codeine)
- Three loaded handguns
- 36 rounds of ammunition
- Two magazines
- Drug paraphernalia
- Counterfeit currency
- Three silver bars, 15 silver coins, and jewelry
- One prohibited weapon (brass knuckles)
- More than $210,000 in Canadian currency
“Opioids, methamphetamine and other illicit drugs have devastating impacts on our communities. The same criminals who are trafficking illicit are also often found to be in possession of illegal firearms — which, in this case, were loaded,” said OPP Det.-Insp. Lee Fulford.
“Together with our partners, the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) will continue to reduce the supply of deadly drugs and weapons entering our communities.”
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