12 people charged and illegal drugs removed from supply networks according to OPP
(Organized-Crime-Bust)
The O-P-P Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau today released details of a complex multi-jurisdictional investigation with international ties.
Several Ontario residents face charges following an investigation into three identifiable illegal drug trafficking rings in southwestern Ontario, two of which were importing drugs from Mexico.
Project GREYMOUTH began in August 2013 as a project to gather evidence of illegal drug trafficking.
Southwest Region OPP found cocaine and methamphetamine were being imported directly from Mexico then transferred to local traffickers in several Ontario communities, including Oxford County, Norfolk County, Middlesex County, Waterloo Region and the Greater Toronto area.
Police then linked GREYMOUTH with an investigation recently completed by Waterloo Regional Police Service.
A further investigation helped seize 12 kilograms of cocaine (worth an estimated value of $1.2-million) 3.5 kilograms of methamphetamine (worth an estimated value of $280-thousand); one stun gun; and $89,955.00 in Canadian dollars along with $38,000 in United States currency.
In addition, four vehicles were seized as offence-related property.
OPP have charged 12 people with 49 offences as a result, ranging from addresses found in Norfolk County, Kitchener, Toronto and Arthur, ON.
Several of the accused persons have appeared at the Ontario Court of Justice in Kitchener-Waterloo and Norfolk County at various times and dates.
An arrest warrant has also been issued for one man, Peter Knelsen -- who is believed to be out of the country.
The OPP investigation continues.
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