Waterloo Regional Police
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Waterloo Regional Police Say Investigators Have Identified Individuals Linked to Organized Crime Networks, Primarily Originating From South America and Eastern Europe, and Are Investigating Three Break-Ins at Cambridge Homes Backing Onto Green Space on Lands Court and Chase Crescent (October 19, 2026)
Waterloo Regional Police say they received reports of three residential break-ins in Cambridge between October 16 and October 17, involving homes backing onto green space, and that investigators have identified individuals linked to organized crime networks, primarily originating from South America and Eastern Europe.
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Waterloo Regional Police Say Anthony Gillespie, 32, Is Wanted on an Outstanding Warrant for Multiple Criminal Charges, Including Robbery With a Firearm, Attempt Murder While Using a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm Contrary to Prohibition Order, After an August 16 Kitchener Shooting in Which a 21-Year-Old Male Suffered a Gunshot Wound (October 6, 2026)
Waterloo Regional Police say Anthony Gillespie, 32, is wanted on an outstanding warrant for multiple criminal charges, including robbery with a firearm, attempt murder while using a firearm and possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order. The release ties the warrant to an August 16 shooting at Queen Street North and Goudies Lane in…
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The Headline Says Shooting and the First Line Says Property Damage: Multiple Bullets Into a Closed Kitchener Business at Half Past Two in the Morning, and Waterloo Police Have Given It to General Investigations (August 30, 2026)
Waterloo Regional Police published this file on Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 9:42 a.m. under occurrence WA26127504. At approximately 2:30 a.m. that morning police received reports that multiple bullets had been fired into a business in the area of River Road and Morgan Avenue in Kitchener. The business was closed at the time and no…
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A Twenty-Year-Old From Cambridge Was Stopped in Hong Kong With Twenty-Five Kilos in Her Checked Bags: Eleven Months Later Waterloo Police Charge a 24-Year-Old Man With Exporting It, and Will Not Name Him (Originally Reported August 27, 2026)
This file was first published by the Waterloo Regional Police Service on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 12:07 p.m. and is not a story that broke today. In September 2025 the service’s Drugs and Firearms Unit opened an investigation into the alleged trafficking of cocaine from Canada to Hong Kong, after a 20-year-old woman from…
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Project Firebird: A Stolen Handgun, a Drum Magazine and 750 Grams of Fentanyl Out of a House Near Ira Needles Boulevard — and One of the Two People Waterloo Police Charged Is Seventeen (August 26, 2026)
Waterloo Regional Police published this file on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 12:48 p.m. In the summer of 2026 the service’s Drugs and Firearms Unit opened an investigation into drug and firearms offences and named it Project Firebird. On August 26 investigators executed a search warrant at a residence in the area of Ira Needles…
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Two Houses and Two Businesses on the Same Day: The Waterloo Drugs and Firearms Unit Charges Three Kitchener Men, 30, 34 and 39, After Warrants Turn Up a Gun, Cocaine and Two Prohibited Weapons (Originally Reported August 21, 2026)
This file was first reported by the Waterloo Regional Police Service on Friday, August 21, 2026 at 2:36 p.m. and is not a story that broke today. On Thursday, August 20, the service’s Drugs and Firearms Unit executed search warrants at two residences and two commercial businesses in Kitchener as part of an ongoing investigation…
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Project Jester: Record $5M Crystal Meth Seizure Shatters GTA-to-Quebec Pipeline
Halton police execute “Project Jester”—the largest crystal meth bust in the force’s history—seizing $5 million in pure narcotics and smashing a GTA-to-Quebec distribution network.