Cocaine
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Seventy-Two Grams of Cocaine, 262 Tablets and a Machete Out of a GMC Sierra on Dorothy Street: Niagara Police Charge Trevor McLaren, 39, and Mario Michienzi, 34, After a Welland Traffic Stop (August 24, 2026)
Niagara Regional Police published the file on Monday, August 24, 2026, two days after the stop. On Saturday, August 22, uniform officers from 3 District (Welland/Pelham) on proactive patrol near East Main Street pulled over a white GMC Sierra on Dorothy Street in Welland. The driver was arrested for using plates not authorized for the…
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Four Guns, Two of Them Semi-Automatic, Out of Three Apartments in Hull: Gatineau Police Search One Unit on Rue Gamelin and Two on Rue Thomas-Kelly, and Three Men Are in Custody With No Charges Yet Filed (Reported August 20, 2026)
First reported Thursday, August 20, 2026, on searches carried out early the previous morning. The Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau executed warrants on August 19 at one apartment on rue Gamelin and two apartments on rue Thomas-Kelly in the Hull sector, and arrested three Gatineau men aged 41, 42 and 48. Investigators…
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Three Men From Trois-Rivières, One Woman From Saint-Lin, and Four Court Appearances the Same Day: Quebec’s Organized Crime Division Makes Its Arrests After Two Rounds of Searches (Reported August 20, 2026)
First reported Thursday, August 20, 2026. The Surete du Quebec’s Division des enquetes et de la coordination sur le crime organise arrested four people that day in the Trois-Rivieres and Saint-Lin-Laurentides sectors, following an operation into drug trafficking in Trois-Rivieres. Three men aged 44, 40 and 51, all of Trois-Rivieres, and a 28-year-old woman of…
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An Off-Duty Officer, a Car That Rolled Into a Fence, and a Rifle in the Cabin: London Police Charge James Beretta, 29, With Seven Counts After Finding a Driver Unconscious With 254 Grams of Cocaine (Reported August 21, 2026)
First reported Friday, August 21, 2026, on an arrest made the evening of Thursday, August 20. An off-duty London Police Service officer noticed a vehicle stopped on Florence Street near Kellogg Lane in the city’s east end at about 8 p.m.; as he approached, the vehicle began moving and struck a nearby fence. The driver…
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Thirty-Five Names and One Bridge: The Brampton Trucking Files Behind Ontario’s Cross-Border Cocaine Seizures (August 21, 2026)
More than 35 Brampton-based truck drivers, logistics brokers and carrier executives have been charged in major cross-border drug smuggling cases since 2020, according to a review of media reports and court records published August 21. The latest is Harinder Singh, 28, a Brampton truck driver arrested earlier this month after Canada Border Services Agency officers…
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An Assault-Style Rifle Into an Occupied Building at Weston and Langstaff: York Regional Police Charge Felix Algai, 45, and the Gun Is Still Missing (August 21, 2026)
York Regional Police say a commercial premise near Weston Road and Langstaff Road in Vaughan was shot up at about 8:20 a.m. on August 19. The building was occupied and took damage from gunfire, but nobody was hurt. A suspect was identified within a day, and on August 20 Felix Algai, 45, was charged with…
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Vanier and ByWard Market Drug Network Busted: Ottawa Police Guns & Gangs Unit Seizes Bulk Cocaine and Opioids in Multi-Location Raid
Ottawa Police Guns and Gangs Unit executes tactical search warrants across Ottawa, arresting two men in their 20s and seizing bulk cocaine, hydromorphone, and proceeds targeting a Vanier and ByWard Market supply ring.
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Project Bay: Historic $139M Drug Bust Shatters Commercial Trucking Cartel Pipeline Across GTA and Windsor Border
An international task force unseals Project Bay—one of the largest drug busts in Ontario history—seizing 1.7 tonnes of drugs worth $139 million, 17 firearms including an anti-tank rifle, and arresting 21 syndicate members.