CORRECTION - POLICE SEIZE $4.1 MILLION IN DRUGS AND DISMANTLE INTERPROVINCIAL DRUG-TRAFFICKING NETWORKS - Correction to combined number of offences
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POLICE SEIZE $4.1 MILLION IN drugs AND DISMANTLE INTERPROVINCIAL DRUG-TRAFFICKING NETWORKS
(OTTAWA, ON) - Several independent drug-trafficking networks in eastern Ontario and Montréal, Québec, were dismantled following the seizure of illegal drugs and counterfeit prescription tablets with a combined street value of more than $4.1 million.
In November 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), with support from the Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau, initiated Project REDLINE. The intelligence-led investigation focused on drug-trafficking activity in Cornwall, Ontario, and Montréal, Québec. Using numerous investigative techniques, police identified four independent criminal networks: one trafficking fentanyl, two trafficking cocaine, and one trafficking counterfeit prescription medications and cocaine.
As the investigation progressed, the OPP engaged the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) Escouade Nationale de Répression du Crime Organisé (ENRCO) to collaborate in addressing the multijurisdictional and interprovincial nature of these drug-trafficking networks. Further investigation revealed that one of the networks was linked to an individual currently incarcerated at a Montréal-area correctional facility.
On Thursday, April 16, 2026, three search warrants were executed at residences in Cornwall and four in Montréal by members from:
- OPP OCEB
- SQ ENRCO
- OPP Clandestine Laboratory Investigative Response Team (CLIRT)
- OPP Digital Forensics
- OPP Forensic Interviewing Team
- OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit
- OPP Emergency Response Team
- OPP Canine Unit
- Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP
- Cornwall Police Service
- Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
As a result of the investigation, the following items were seized with approximate quantities:
- 20 kg suspected fentanyl
- 14 kg suspected cocaine
- 80,000 counterfeit prescription tablets
The seizure of fentanyl equates to approximately 200,000 potentially lethal street-level doses.
Thirteen individuals have been charged with a combined 115 offences contrary to the Criminal Code and the Controlled drugs and Substances Act. Information on the accused and their respective charges is included in the attached Addendum of Charged Persons.