Wingham Free Press
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – One person has been charged after police conducted a traffic stop on an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on an ATV on Highway 540 in Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation. An investigation […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person has been arrested at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check in Espanola. On March 25, 2025, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Highway 6 in Espanola. A vehicle came through the RIDE, police determined that the driver […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person is facing charges after they were arrested for impaired operation at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check. On March 18, 2025, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Burns Crossover Road in the Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. A vehicle […]
(TERRACE BAY, ON) – One Individual is facing charges after a search warrant was executed at a residence in Terrace Bay, Ontario. On March 11, 2025, members of the Nipigon Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), K9 Unit and members of the Schrieber OPP detachment executed a search warrant at a residence on […]
(TORONTO, ON) – Five accused are facing 12 criminal charges after search warrants in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Gravenhurst netted nearly 300 kilograms of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately $29 million. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) initiated Project SHEARWATER in September 2024 after […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Two individuals have been charged with criminal offences after a drug trafficking investigation in Kanata. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) began an investigation in September 2024 into drug trafficking activity in the Ottawa area. On January 22, 2025, the PGNG and Ottawa Police Service Tactical Unit […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A single vehicle collision has resulted in two people being arrested and approximately $9,000 of suspected drugs seized. On January 9, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a vehicle collision on Highway 6 near Birch Island. The two occupants of the vehicle […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A traffic stop on Highway 6 in Little Current has resulted in three individuals being arrested. On December 31, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with assistance from the United Chief and Councils of Manitoulin Police Service Commission (UCCM), were made aware of a […]
(ESSA, ON) – As a result of an ongoing police investigation, members of the Nottawasaga Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), from Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have made an arrest in relation to several drug related offences, in the Township of Essa. In late 2024 Nottawasaga CSCU initiated a drug trafficking investigation after […]
Five people have been charged after police seized drugs and a loaded handgun following a search of a south side residence. Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Intelligence Unit and Emergency Task Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Donald Street East on the afternoon of Thursday, January […]