Wingham Free Press
(PEMBROKE, ON) – A Laurentian Valley Township resident is facing drug and weapons charges after members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop in Pembroke. On March 11, 2024, shortly before 4:00 p.m., officers stopped a passenger vehicle on MacKay Street. Cannabis was found to […]
(CALDER TOWNSHIP, ON) – Two people were arrested after police conducted a routine traffic stop. On March 11, 2024, shortly before 8:00 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had no lights to the rear, on Highway 11 between Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls. An investigation led to the […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals after an incident that took place in the City of Dryden. On March 16, 2024, officers from the Dryden Detachment were made aware of an individual possibly in possession of explosives. At this time an investigation was commenced. As […]
(WILLIAMSBURG, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has seized numerous prohibited and restricted weapons from a home in Williamsburg, northwest of Morrisburg, and laid firearms related charged. The investigation began in early March. CSCU officers, the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Canine […]
(KENORA, ON) – Two individuals from Kenora face charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) and the Criminal Code of Canada (CCC). On March 15, 2024, shortly after 2:00 p.m. officers with the Kenora Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) observed a drug transaction between two persons near the Kenora Court House. Police arrested the […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop in Lindsay after receiving a report of a traffic complaint, which the led to numerous charges being laid and a stolen vehicle being seized. On March 14, 2024, at approximately 12:54 a.m., officers […]
In November of 2023, members of the Guelph Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit commenced a drug and firearm trafficking investigation into a group of individuals supplying drugs and guns in Guelph and other jurisdictions in southern Ontario. Following a complex investigation, several search warrants were executed Wednesday morning in Hamilton, Brampton and Mississauga with the […]
(GREATER NAPANEE, ON) – The Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a male for multiple offenses. On March 13, 2024, just before 10:00 pm CSCU members located a male who was walking on John Street in Greater Napanee. CSCU members arrested the […]
(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) has laid 63 charges against nine accused following a multi-jurisdictional drug trafficking investigation. In October 2023, officers learned of individuals trafficking illicit drugs from the Greater Toronto Area to the City of London and various parts of Western Ontario. The […]
A male and female have been arrested following a drug investigation in Oshawa. On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, members of the East Division Community Response Team executed a search warrant at a residence in the area of King Street East and Farewell Street. Quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and cash were located and seized. A […]