Hamilton Police
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Hamilton Police Say Third Cannabis Dispensary Shut in 30 Days; Man, 24, Charged
Hamilton police say a 24-year-old Hamilton man was arrested inside My Legacy Cannabis at 1142 Barton Street East after an October 29 search warrant and charged with four offences, and that officers seized about 16.2 kilograms of cannabis flower, 14 kilograms of cannabis-infused gummies and a large sum of Canadian currency. Police released the details…
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Hamilton Police Arrest Man After Seizing Suspected Fentanyl on York Boulevard
Hamilton police say CORE officers on proactive patrol in the area of 94 York Boulevard arrested a man for possession for the purpose of trafficking on November 1. Police list about 28 grams of suspected fentanyl, 26 pills believed to contain fentanyl and 131 suspected Dilaudid pills among the items seized. The service published its…
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Two Men Charged After Hamilton Police Search Two Illegal Cannabis Dispensaries
Hamilton police say a 27-year-old Hamilton man is charged with four counts, including Selling Cannabis other than as an Authorized Retailer, after warrants at a Wellington Street North dispensary, and a 24-year-old male with five counts, including Trafficking in Controlled Tobacco, after a warrant at a second dispensary on Barton Street East. Chief Frank Bergen…
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Youth, 17, Charged With Weapon Offence After Rymal Road Parking Lot Fight
Hamilton police say four youths were arrested after a large group fought in a parking lot near 505 Rymal Road East on October 28. Witnesses reported seeing a knife, a baseball bat and what appeared to be a firearm, and police recovered a CO2 airsoft gun and a baseball bat. A 17-year-old faces one weapons…
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Man, 24, Charged After Two Stabbings in Downtown Hamilton
Hamilton police say a 37-year-old man was stabbed near 70 James Street at about 8 p.m. Thursday and a 39-year-old man was stabbed near 94 York Boulevard moments later. A 24-year-old man faces two counts of Aggravated Assault, and the force says it believes the attacks were unprovoked and completely random.
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Man, 30, Charged With Arson-Related Offences After Hamilton Mountain Fire
Hamilton police say a 30-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested and charged with arson-related offences after a fire involving vehicles and a residence on East 16th Street on the Hamilton Mountain. Officers responded shortly before 10:30 p.m. on October 25. He has not been named.
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Home and Vehicle Struck by Gunfire on Hamilton Mountain, Police Say
Hamilton police say a residence and a vehicle were struck by gunfire in the area of Atessa Drive and Rymal Road East on the Hamilton Mountain at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. No injuries have been reported, and no suspect information is available for release, police say.
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Hamilton Police Say a Firearm Was Discharged in the Area of Green Road and North Service Road in Stoney Creek at About 7:30 a.m. Sunday, That Investigators Believe It Was a Targeted Shooting, and That the Shooting Response Team Has the Investigation (October 11, 2026)
Hamilton police say a firearm was discharged in the area of Green Road and North Service Road in Stoney Creek at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday and that investigators believe it was a targeted shooting. The Shooting Response Team has the investigation. The release mentions no arrest or charge.
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The Pills Are Worth More Than Twice the Street Drugs and Not One Charge Has Been Laid Over Them: Hamilton’s Central HEAT Unit Takes 1.4 Kilograms of Fentanyl and 35,000 Diverted Prescription Tablets, and Names Zijie Zhou Without an Age (September 24, 2026)
Published Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 9:11 a.m. Eastern by the Hamilton Police Service. Members of the Central HEAT Unit executed two search warrants at residences in central Hamilton on September 17, 2026 as part of a month-long investigation into drug trafficking in central Hamilton involving Zijie Zhou. Seized: 1.4 kilograms of fentanyl, 900 grams…
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The Hydro Corridor Has Vanished From the File and an Intersection Has Taken Its Place: Hamilton Police Name Darien Wilson, 18, on Seven Counts Over the King Street East Shooting, and Say Nothing At All About the Second Suspect (September 21, 2026)
Reported Monday, September 21, 2026 by the Hamilton Police Service under case number 26-713318, and carried at 12:41 p.m. EDT by Joshua McGinnis of CP24. Darien Wilson, 18, of Hamilton is charged with attempted murder, discharge firearm with intent to injure, reckless discharge of a firearm, possession of a restricted firearm – loaded, possession of…