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Toronto Police Supt. Paul McIntyre speaks to the media at a press convention in Toronto on Tuesday. (Photograph: Toronto Police YouTube)
Two Mississauga males are amongst six folks charged in an $83-million cocaine bust Toronto Police say is the most important of their historical past and one which seems to be tied to a infamous Mexican drug cartel.
Along with the arrests, and different particulars of the prolonged police drug probe introduced by investigators at a Tuesday afternoon press convention in Toronto, three extra suspects are being hunted by police.
A type of sought by authorities is a Niagara Falls man whereas the opposite two are from Mexico and believed to have presumably fled Canada, police stated.
Along with the pair of Mississauga males in custody, others underneath arrest embrace two Mexican nationals, a Toronto man and Markham woman.
Police stated the joint-forces investigation, dubbed Undertaking Castillo, started final August and led them to the seizure of greater than 835 kilograms of cocaine ($83 million avenue worth) and the half dozen arrests. The probe regarded into drug importation and trafficking within the Better Toronto Space and finally led to the execution of a number of search warrants in several municipalities.
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw stated the large drug operation, the most important cocaine seizure within the pressure’s historical past, has the “hallmarks” of the Jalisco New Era Cartel, primarily based in Mexico.
He added such an operation is about greater than numbers.
“It’s about saving lives and making our communities safer,” Demkiw stated on the press convention held at Toronto Police headquarters. “Taking these drugs off our streets prevents violence, protects lives and dismantles dangerous criminal networks.”
Robert Nolin, 60, of Niagara Falls, is needed by police. (Photograph: Toronto Police)
Supt. Paul MacIntyre, of the Toronto Police organized crime enforcement unit, stated greater than half of the medication seized within the investigation allegedly got here from a single tractor-trailer from Mexico stopped on the Canadian facet of the Canada-U.S. border.
Police allege the six folks arrested are “high-level” drug distributors.
The investigation was headed up by the Toronto Police drug squad and likewise concerned RCMP officers in Windsor, the Canada Border Providers Company and York Regional Police.
“Project Castillo demonstrates the power of collaboration to protect our communities,” stated MacIntyre. “The results of Project Castillo have struck a significant blow to organized crime while reducing the harm these drugs cause in neighbourhoods across Canada.”
Dealing with charges that embrace possession of cocaine for the aim of trafficking are: Omar Truthful, 37, and Marlon Matthews, 45, each of Mississauga; Adriana Alexandra Jiron Zeledon, 20, of Markham; Kevin Figueiredo, 32, of Toronto; and Jorge Luis Mundo Garcia, 31, and Jimenez Avila Rodolfo, 28, each Mexican nationals.
All have made courtroom appearances in Toronto.
Arrest warrants have been issued for Robert Nolin, 60, of Niagara Falls, and Alexis Arroyo, 31, and Marco Rivera, 31, each of Mexico.
They’re all wished on charges of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, trafficking and possession for the aim of trafficking.
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