Seven individuals are facing charges, and authorities have confiscated over $913,000 worth of drugs during a drug trafficking investigation across several jurisdictions in southwestern Ontario.
The OPP-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) initiated the inquiry in January.
Investigators revealed that they uncovered two separate criminal groups operating independently, one based in the Brantford and Brant County areas, while the other was located in London and Oneida Nation of the Thames.
With assistance from the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, Haldimand and Oxford County OPP Community Street Crime Units, along with the Brantford Police Service, PGNG executed searches at four locations in Brantford and Paris on July 7.
On August 12, homes in London and Oneida Nation of the Thames were also searched. Officers from Middlesex, Lambton, and Oxford County OPP, along with London Police Service and Oneida Police Service provided support.
Gun seized in multijurisdictional drug trafficking investigation. August 2026. (Photo courtesy of OPP)
In total, law enforcement seized:
– 6.5 kg of suspected fentanyl
– 420 g of suspected cocaine
– 250 g of suspected methamphetamine
– More than $73,500
– A handgun with an auto-switch
– A rifle
– Three prohibited magazines including an over-capacity drum magazine
– Ammunition
– Brass knuckles
– Drug trafficking paraphernalia
– Two stolen camper trailers
– Stolen 2019 Honda Civic
OPP indicated that the stolen property was valued at over $100,000; additionally, the amount of fentanyl taken represents around 65,000 potentially lethal street-level doses.
“Every quantity of fentanyl removed from circulation is a quantity that cannot reach our neighbourhoods or put lives at risk or contribute to the devastating impacts of substance use and drug trafficking,” stated OPP Acting Det. Supt. of Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau Andy Bradford. “This outcome reflects the strength of intelligence-led policing as well as partnership-based enforcement; it shows our ongoing commitment to disrupting criminal networks while removing dangerous drugs and firearms from our communities to enhance public safety across Ontario.”
Five people were arrested as part of this investigation while warrants were issued for two additional suspects. Together they face a total of 64 charges.
The suspects include a 50-year-old individual from Southwold, a 21-year-old from London, a 35-year-old woman from London, a 68-year-old man from Brantford, along with another 25-year-old also hailing from Brantford.
Arrest warrants were issued for a resident aged 21 from London and a man aged 29 from Brantford.
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