(KINGSTON, ON) – The Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region, Kingston Police, Kingston detachment, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) conducted an investigation that focused on a cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking network in and around the City of Kingston. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Border Patrol assisted during the nine month investigation.
Project KENDAL was launched in February 2013. As a result, on December 11, 2013 investigators have charged 15 people and executed 7 search warrants in Kingston, Gananoque and Trenton.
The investigation revealed that large amounts of Canadian funds were being transferred to Mexico. Police described the drug operation as a difficult investigation due to the issue that one of the properties used was on an island in the St. Lawrence and one of the main suspects spent a large amount of time in Mexico.
Search warrants were executed at:
1. 356 Driscoll Lane, Gananoque (Howe Island)
2. 2422 Howe Island Drive, Gananoque (Howe Island)
3. 34 Owen Avenue, Gananoque
4. 360 Henrietta Street, Gananoque
5. 466 Henrietta Street, Gananoque
6. 3888 Woodburn Road, Joyceville
7. 188 Victoria Avenue, Trenton
During the course of the investigation the following was seized:
· 15 kilograms of cocaine
· 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine
· 5 lbs of marijuana
· $40,000.00-cash
2001 Chevrolet Cavalier
2004 Chevrolet Silverado
2013 GMC Sierra
2011 Dodge Ram
2007 Kawasaki ATV
50 ton hydraulic press
2 prohibited weapons
Charged for Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and Trafficking under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) are:
1. Wayne DEIR, 67 of Kingston
2. Linda DEIR, 60 of Kingston
3. Stephen KRAUS, 45 of Joyceville
4. Murray KEYES, 31 of Gananoque
5. John MILLS, 31 of Gananoque is charged with 3 counts of Trafficking and 1 count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking. He is also charged for Possession (CDSA).
Charged for Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (CDSA) are:
6. Gerald LAPOINTE, 65 of Kingston
7. James ALLEN, 55 of Elgin
8. Brady MAHER, 28 of Kingston
9. Glen ASHBY, 55 of Carrying Place
10. James McCORMAC, 50 of Elginburg
11. Sean WESTWOOD, 41 of Gananoque
12. Barrie CHALMERS, 52 of Kingston
Charged for Trafficking, 4 counts of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, one count of Possession and 2 counts of Possession of a Prohibited Weapon is:
13. John BRUMMELL, 38 of Trenton
Charged with 4 counts of Trafficking (CDSA) and Unsafe Storage of a Firearm and under the Criminal Code (CC) is:
14. Kevin TRUESDALE, 28 of Gananoque
And charged with one count of Unsafe Storage of a Firearm is:
15. Craig GOODFRIEND, 42 of Gananoque