Nine people are facing a total of 63 charges after illicit drugs with a street of $629,000 were seized in a drug trafficking investigation involving police services from across Ontario including London and St. Thomas.
Four of those arrested are London residents.
OPP say about five months ago, officers learned individuals were trafficking drugs from the G-T-A to London, Thunder Bay and various parts of western Ontario.
Last month, investigators issued search warrants at various homes and seized a large quantity of drugs, cash, three silver bars, jewelry and three guns.
The Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team seized the following items:
· More than 3.2 kilograms of cocaine
· More than 1.3 kilograms of powdered fentanyl
· More than 135 grams of methamphetamine
· Nearly 10 grams of MDMA ecstasy
· More than 3,700 oxycodone tablets
· More than 2,000 hydromorphone capsules
· More than 8,000 hydromorphone (8mg) tablets
· More than 35 alprazolam tablets
· Nearly 80 acetaminophen and codeine tablets
· Approximately 1,500 millilitres of promethazine (liquid codeine)
· Three loaded handguns
· 36 rounds of ammunition
· Two magazines
· Drug paraphernalia
· Counterfeit currency
· Three silver bars, 15 silver coins, and jewelry
· One prohibited weapon (brass knuckles)
· More than $210,000 in Canadian currency
The potential street value of the illicit drugs seized is approximately $629,000.
