$1.9 Million Drug Bust

Source: OPP
Date: Wed Jun 18 06:28:24 MST 2025

(SUDBURY, ON) � Twenty-five individuals, many from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), are facing a combined 197 charges under the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act following a 16-month investigation.



In January 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) and the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) began Project SATURATE to investigate drug trafficking in the Greater Sudbury area and surrounding communities.

The investigative team identified two street gangs based in the GTA involved in alleged trafficking of controlled substances, including fentanyl and cocaine, to northeastern Ontario.

On Thursday, May 8, 2025, six search warrants were executed in Sudbury, Mississauga and Hamilton by the PGNG investigative team along with members from:

GSPS Integrated Crime Team
GSPS Emergency Response Unit
OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU)
OPP Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) from West and Central regions
OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT)
OPP Highway Enforcement Team (HET)
OPP Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU)
OPP Provincial Asset Forfeiture Unit (PAFU)
OPP Digital Forensics
Peel Regional Police Tactics and Rescue Unit
Hamilton Police Service Emergency Response Unit
On Thursday, May 29, 2025, an additional 14 search warrants were executed in Sudbury, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Pickering and Toronto by members from:

OPP PGNG
GSPS Integrated Crime Team
GSPS Emergency Response Unit
OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB)
OPP CSCU from North East, Central and West regions
OPP TRU
OPP ERT
OPP HET
OPP PWEU
OPP Provincial Auto Theft and Towing Team
OPP PAFU
Mississauga and 407 OPP detachments
OPP HET
OPP Digital Forensics
Toronto Police Service Emergency Task Force
York Regional Police Emergency Response Unit
Twenty-two individuals were arrested. Arrest warrants have been issued for the three additional individuals. Further details relating to the accused and their respective charges can be found within the attached Addendum of Charged Persons.

As a result of Project SATURATE, the following items were seized with approximate quantities:

Four firearms
12 kg suspected cocaine
7.3 kg suspected fentanyl
164 g suspected methamphetamine
2,448 oxycodone tablets
1,010 suspected methamphetamine tablets
Other prescription medications
8 kg cannabis
Two prohibited devices
$259,000 in Canadian currency
$1,210 in US currency
21 cell phones
Two laptops
Digital scales
One vehicle as offence-related property
One boat as proceeds of crime
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is more than $1.9 million.

Anyone with any information about illegal firearms or the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illicit drugs should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.

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