TORONTO – OPP’s Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) has made nine arrests and laid 63 charges after executing a search warrant at seven residences in Thunder Bay, London, Mississauga and Vaughan on Feb 28.
According to OPP, in Oct. 2023, police received a tip about individuals trafficking illicit drugs in the Greater Toronto Area, the City of London, and other parts of Ontario including Thunder Bay.
PGNG seized the following items:
- 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
- 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
The potential street value of the illicit drugs seized is approximately $629,000.
This investigation was supported by Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, municipal police services in Chatham, London, Thunder Bay, Sarnia, St. Thomas, Peel, and the Ontario Provincial Police.