OPP officials allege: Four Thunder Bay residents and one individual from Ajax are facing a combined 35 charges under the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act after a drug trafficking investigation in Thunder Bay and the surrounding communities.
In late 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) and the OPP Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB) began an intelligence-led investigation into the alleged trafficking of drugs from the Greater Toronto Area to Thunder Bay.
On Thursday, May 8, 2025, search warrants were executed on two vehicles and three residences in Thunder Bay by members from PGNG, Thunder Bay OPP Regional Support Team, Thunder Bay OPP Community Street Crime Unit, OPP Provincial Asset Forfeiture Unit, POIB, Thunder Bay Police Service and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.
The following items with approximate quantities were seized:
7.2 kg of suspected cocaine
1 kg of suspected methamphetamine
2.8 grams of suspected fentanyl
295 oxycodone tablets
4 lbs of dried illegal cannabis
280 cannabis vape pens
25 vials of hash oil
Loaded firearm
$126,260 in Canadian currency
8 cell phones
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is $836,000.
Further details relating to the accused and their respective charges can be found in the attached Addendum of Charged Persons.
Anyone with any information about illegal firearms or 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.
The OPP-led PGNG is dedicated to disrupting criminal street gang activity through intelligence-led, multijurisdictional drug trafficking investigations and reducing the number of illegal firearms in the province of Ontario. The PGNG is comprised of members from 20 police services in both Ontario and Quebec as well as the RCMP.
