OPP officials allege: Two Greater Toronto Area (GTA) residents are facing a total of 43 firearm and drug-related charges after a drug trafficking investigation in Sudbury.
In October 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) in Sudbury began an investigation into drug trafficking activity spanning various communities, including Sudbury, Parry Sound and Manitoulin Island.
On January 8, 2025, members from OPP OCEB, OPP Provincial Guns and Gang Enforcement Team, OPP Canine, OPP Highway Safety Division and the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) Emergency Response Unit and GSPS Canine conducted a vehicle stop with two occupants suspected of drug trafficking.
As a result of the investigation, police executed two search warrants at a residence and storage locker in Toronto, seizing the following items:
– Five firearms with magazines and ammunition
– Approximately 850 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine
– Approximately 750 grams of suspected fentanyl
– Approximately 73 grams of suspected cocaine
– 500 grams of suspected methamphetamine
– Approximately $100,000 in Canadian currency
– Two prohibited devices
– One body armour vest
– Packaging materials
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is more than $200,000.
A 33-year-old Toronto man has been charged with the following 25 offences under the Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA):
– Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm – five counts
– Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition – five counts
– Possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order – five counts
– Possession of a prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order
– Possession of a prohibited device contrary to prohibition order
– Unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon
– Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device
– Possession of a firearm with altered serial number
– Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition
– Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on February 13, 2025.
A 33-year-old Toronto woman has been charged with the following 18 offences under the CC and CDSA:
– Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm – five counts
– Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition – five counts
– Unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon
– Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device
– Possession of a firearm with altered serial number
– Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition
– Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on February 19, 2025.
Anyone with any information about the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illegal drugs or firearms should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
OPP officials allege: A Peterborough resident is facing drug-related charges following a joint investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Peterborough Police Service (PPS).
In the summer of 2024, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and PPS began an investigation into drug trafficking activity throughout Peterborough and the surrounding area.
On January 28, 2025, five search warrants were executed in Peterborough, Durham Region and York Region by members from OPP OCEB, Peterborough OPP, OPP Community Street Crime Units in City of Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough County and Northumberland County, as well as PPS Emergency Response Team.
As a result, the investigative team seized the following items:
– Approx. 1.5 kilograms of suspected fentanyl
– Approx. 1.6 kilograms of suspected cocaine
– 30 oxycodone tablets
– More than $5,000 in Canadian currency
– Eight cell phones
– Digital scales
– One laptop
A 26-year-old Peterborough resident has been charged with the following six offences under the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:
– Possession of property obtained by crime
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine – two counts
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl – two counts
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking – other opioid
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Peterborough on February 10, 2025.
Anyone with any information about the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illicit drugs should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
