Wingham Free Press
(PENETANGUISHENE,ON) – A traffic stop by police of a pick up truck in Penetanguishene overnight has resulted in the seizure of several chunks of cocaine destined for area distribution. Two members of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) attached to the Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment conducted a vehicle stop of a Dodge Ram pick up with four occupants on […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A Greater Toronto Area resident has been charged in connection with a drug trafficking investigation in Thunder Bay by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG), comprised of members of 20 police services, including Thunder Bay Police Service and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. On June 18, 2024, […]
(PLYMPTON-WYOMING TOWNSHIP, ON) – On Sunday June 9, 2024, at just prior to 3:30 a.m., a uniform member of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Confederation Line, Town of Plympton-Wyoming for a Highway Traffic Act violation. During the traffic stop, the officer located a quantity of suspected illegal drugs in […]
(SCHREIBER, ON) – A traffic complaint has led to drug charges being laid. On June 6, 2024, shortly before 10:00 p.m., members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint at a local gas station of a suspected impaired driver. Through investigation, officers located illicit substances believed to be […]
(SOUTH BRUCE, ON) – One individual is charged following a drug trafficking investigation and the execution of a search warrant at a residence by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) South Bruce Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU). On May 17, 2024, at 10:24 am, members of Grey Bruce CSCU conducted a vehicle stop at a location in […]
(TOWN OF WASAGA BEACH, ON) – Members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant which resulted in an arrest and drug related charges being laid in the Town of Wasaga Beach. In January 2024, Huronia West Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) initiated a drug trafficking investigation involving an […]
(TORONTO, ON) – Twenty illegal firearms and 73 kilograms of illicit drugs have been seized by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG). The OPP-led PGNG assisted the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) Organized Crime Division with a drug trafficking investigation that identified large […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Ottawa Detachment have laid multiple charges against a 30-year-old Lakeshore, Ontario resident after responding to a report of a possible impaired driver. On April 9, 2024, shortly after 7:00 p.m., officers received a call about the possible impaired driver on Highway 417, near Highway 7. Officers […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – Two people have been arrested and charged after being stopped at a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) program. On April 10, 2024, shortly after 2:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a R.I.D.E. program on Highway 6 in Espanola. While a vehicle was stopped at the R.I.D.E., police observed open […]
(SUDBURY, ON) – Two individuals have been charged after a search warrant was executed at a residence on Ontario Street in Sudbury by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) and the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) Drug Enforcement Team. The following items were seized: · Nearly half a kilogram […]