A months-long investigation by the Windsor Police Service, with assist from Felony Intelligence Service Ontario (CISO), has led to the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of over $400,000 in illicit medication.
Police say that in Might 2024, they started “Project Kraken,” an investigation right into a suspected drug trafficking operation, that finally uncovered a drug trafficking operation working all through Windsor and Essex County, with hyperlinks to the Larger Toronto Space.
Within the early hours of December twenty first, 2024, officers arrested 26-year-old Keith Florence as he was returning to Windsor from Toronto. The suspect tried to flee arrest earlier than officers eliminated him from his car and efficiently took him into custody.
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Following the arrest, officers obtained search warrants for Florence’s car and two residences linked to this investigation.
A search of the car returned two kilograms of cocaine, 356 grams of fentanyl, three cellphones, packaging supplies, and $950 in Canadian and American forex.
A search of the primary residence, situated within the 5300 block of Concession Street 5 in Harrow, returned 575 grams of cocaine, 180 tablets of 80mg oxycodone, 72 tablets of 5mg oxycodone, 95 rounds of ammunition, empty packaging with cocaine residue, a digital scale, and $14,212 in Canadian forex.
Upon getting into the second residence, situated within the 1500 block of Ouellette Avenue in Windsor, officers arrested the second suspect, 34-year-old Brandon Brown, with out incident. Officers additionally situated and seized a cellphone from the residence.
The entire worth of medication seized within the operation was $412,850.
Florence has been charged with:
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the aim of trafficking, specifically cocaine
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the aim of trafficking, specifically fentanyl
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the aim of trafficking, specifically oxycodone
• Trafficking in a schedule I substance, specifically cocaine (x 2)
• Possession of the proceeds of crime
• Failure to adjust to a prohibition order
Brown has been charged with 5 counts of trafficking in a schedule I substance, specifically cocaine.
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