York Regional Police
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Three Charged After $639,000 in Drugs Seized at Markham Clandestine Lab
York Regional Police say officers who went to a Markham home for a welfare check on October 23 found evidence of drug production in a lab setting, and three Markham residents are charged after about $639,000 in cannabis edibles, dried cannabis and psilocybin powder was seized.
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Project North Star: 23 Charged, Over $7.5 Million in Drugs Seized in York Region
York Regional Police say 23 people are charged and a Markham man is wanted after Project North Star, an investigation into illicit cannabis production, trafficking and export. Police say searches from July to September in seven Ontario communities produced more than 1,550 pounds of cannabis and over $250,000 in currency.
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York Police Sergeant Faces Seven Charges, Including Breach of Trust
York Regional Police say Sergeant Kin Pong Wong, 44, was arrested on October 23 and faces seven counts by a tally of the listed charges, including possession for the purpose of trafficking and breach of trust. He has been suspended with pay.
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York Regional Police Release Video and Ask the Public to Identify a Suspect the Firearms Investigations Team Believes Was Involved in Both an April 18 Incident in Which an Apparent Accelerant Was Poured at the Front Doors of a Vaughan Business and an April 22 Shooting and Fire at the Same Business Near Islington Avenue and Kellam Street (October 14, 2026)
York Regional Police have released video and asked the public to identify a suspect in two April incidents at the same Vaughan business near Islington Avenue and Kellam Street: an apparent accelerant poured at the front doors on April 18, and gunfire and a small fire on April 22. No injuries were reported.
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U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez Sentences Parampreet Singh, 60, of Davis, California to 10 Years in Prison and Orders Him to Forfeit $2 Million After He Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine, Heroin, Opium and Ketamine in a Conspiracy the U.S. Attorney’s Office Says He Led and Organized From California With Deals Arranged in Canada (October 6, 2026)
Parampreet Singh, 60, of Davis, California was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $2 million after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, opium and ketamine. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says he led the conspiracy from California and arranged deals in Canada, with York Regional Police and the RCMP assisting.…
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York Regional Police Say an Adult Male Was Shot by an Unknown Male Suspect at a Commercial Premise Near Yonge Street and Bay Thorn Drive in Markham and Suffered Non-Life-Threatening Injuries, and the Suspect Fled the Scene (October 7, 2026)
York Regional Police say an adult male was shot by an unknown male suspect at a commercial premise near Yonge Street and Bay Thorn Drive in Markham and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect fled and no arrest is reported. CP24 first carried the file on October 7.
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The Murder Charge Is the Shortest Line on the Sheet: York Regional Police Charge Daniel Fearon, 40, and Sherrie Donovan, 41, Over a Man Killed in a Vaughan Industrial Unit in August 2025, and the Search That Followed Was in Niagara, a Hundred Kilometres Away (September 29, 2026)
Deuvane Donald Francis, 41, of Toronto was found dead inside a unit of a commercial property near Langstaff Road and Jane Street in Vaughan at about 2:36 p.m. on August 27, 2025, with obvious signs of trauma; CP24 reports he died of gunshot wounds. The Office of the Chief Coroner identified him on August 28,…
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Four of the Five Are Named in an Attachment Nobody Read and the Fifth Has Had Her Charges Withdrawn: the Project Ghostwire Charge List Puts Cedric Olipano, 38, of Mississauga at the Top and Gives Two of the Accused Court Dates That Have Already Passed
Follow-up to this site’s September 23, 2026 briefing on Project Ghostwire. York Regional Police announced the dark web fentanyl file on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 without naming any of the five people charged, referring the charge list to an attachment. That attachment, a PDF posted to the release page and dated September 23, 2026, names…
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Five People Are Charged and York Regional Police Have Not Named One of Them: the Warrants Went In on February 20 and the Dark Web Fentanyl File Was Published Seven Months Later, With Forty-Eight Thousand Fatal Doses Out of a Mississauga House (Originally Reported September 22, 2026)
Originally reported Tuesday, September 22, 2026 by York Regional Police. Project Ghostwire was led by the York Regional Police Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit and the Cybercrime Unit in partnership with Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario, targeting the sale and distribution of controlled substances through Dark Web marketplaces and encrypted platforms. Investigators identified a high-volume…