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POLICE SEIZE 31 CRIME GUNS WITH A U.S. ORIGIN AND 12.5 KG OF FENTANYL
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(LONDON, ON) - A year-long London-based investigation into the alleged trafficking of illegal firearms, fentanyl and cocaine concluded with 214 charges laid against 11 individuals associated to multiple criminal networks. Investigators seized drugs with an estimated street value of more than $2 million.
In the fall of 2024, the London Police Service (LPS) initiated an investigation into increased violence involving firearms. As the LPS investigation progressed, the involvement of illegal firearms and the scope of the identified criminal networks prompted the launch of Project ALIAS in January 2025. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU) and the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) were engaged to work collaboratively with LPS on this intelligence-led investigation.
Investigators identified multiple criminal networks allegedly capable of sourcing illegal firearms and high-capacity magazines, as well as large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine. The investigation further revealed collaboration between these independently operated criminal networks. While multiple criminal networks were identified, the involved individuals are not associated to a single, known organized crime group or network.
As investigators analyzed the roles of individuals within the identified criminal networks, evidence showed that while most of the activity involved the trafficking of firearms and drugs within Ontario, two individuals were allegedly involved in sourcing firearms from the United States.
Tracing results from the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario (CISO)-managed Firearms Analysis and Tracing Enforcement (FATE) Program indicate the seized crime guns originated in the United States, including the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Ohio and Virginia. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) and the United States Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted throughout Project ALIAS in support of the firearm sourcing and importation component of the investigation.
The criminal networks were also allegedly involved in high-level domestic trafficking of large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine. Initial analysis of the seized fentanyl indicated that, while the purity was relatively high, it had been mixed with other substances. As a result, the product was not pure fentanyl and potency varied.
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 14 search warrants were executed on residences and vehicles in London and Toronto by members from:
- OPP PWEU
- OPP OCEB
- LPS
- LPS Emergency Response Unit
- OPP Biker Enforcement Unit
- OPP Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team
- OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit
- OPP Emergency Response Team
- OPP Border Drug Interdiction Team
- OPP Border Enforcement Security Task Force
- OPP Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad
- Elgin/Middlesex, Brant/Oxford and Huron/Perth OPP Community Street Crime Units
- Hamilton Police Service Emergency Response Unit
- Toronto Police Service
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Throughout the investigation and as a result of the search warrants, the following items were seized with approximate quantities:
- 31 crime guns
- 25 prohibited devices, including over capacity magazines and auto switches
- Imitation firearm
- 12.5 kg suspected fentanyl
- 4.5 kg suspected cocaine
- 275 oxycodone pills
- 460 hydromorphone pills
- 75 alprazolam pills
- CAN $64,000
- Two vehicles as offence-related property
- High-end jewellery
- Cell phones and electronic devices
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is more than $2 million. The seizure of 12.5 kg of fentanyl equates to 125,000 potentially lethal street-level doses, which is enough to take the lives of a quarter of the population of London.
The OPP Provincial Asset Forfeiture Unit has been engaged to investigate any proceeds of crime offences and assist in the seizure of offence-related property.
Eleven individuals have been charged with 214 offences contrary to the Criminal Code and the Controlled drugs and Substances Act. Nine of the accused were arrested and two remain outstanding. Arrest warrants have been issued. Information on the accused and their respective charges are included in the attached Addendum of Charged Persons.