TIMMINS – Police seized $1.26 million in drugs and arrested 22 people, the result of a major drug operation in Timmins and Attawapiskat First Nation.
According to a release issued by Nishnawbe Aski Nation Police Service, Project Albion was conducted in conjunction with the Timmins Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police, and it began in September 2024.
Police also seized $300,000 in cash.
Among the drugs seized were fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine, methamphetamine pills, cocaine, oxycodone (Percocet and OxyContin pills), hydromorphone pills, morphine pills, psilocybin, lorazepam, Ritalin, MDMA, two motor vehicles, a rifle, a conducted energy weapon and various paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking.
Nine people from Timmins, 10 from Attawapiskat First Nation and three from Moose Factory First Nation were arrested and charged with a wide range of drug trafficking-related offences.
Details of the bust can be found here.
