Ontario police seize 8 tonnes and 45,000 plants in Kingsville
Ontario's joint cannabis enforcement team raided two greenhouses and two homes near Kingsville on 28 June 2022, seizing more than 45,000 plants and eight tonnes of processed cannabis valued by police at over $61 million. No charges had been laid when the raid was announced.
🇨🇦 Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario · Ontario, Canada
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On 28 June 2022 the Ontario Provincial Police’s Provincial Joint Forces
Cannabis Enforcement Team executed search warrants at two greenhouse
locations and two related residences near Kingsville, Ontario.[1]Officers
seized more than 45,000 cannabis plants and eight tonnes of processed
cannabis with an estimated value of more than $61 million, plus
offence-related property worth more than $300,000.[1]
The OPP-led joint team carried out the raids with assistance from partner
units.[1]No charges had been laid at the time of the 7 July report, and
the investigation was ongoing.[1]
Sûreté du Québec officers and Mashteuiatsh public security searched a home on rue Renaud in Mashteuiatsh and seized cocaine, methamphetamine tablets, cannabis including edibles, magic mushrooms and about $3,000 cash. One person was questioned and police said drug-trafficking charges were being considered.
Police in Saguenay carried out ten searches on 30 October 2026 against a cocaine distribution network, seizing 16 kg of cocaine, more than $335,000 in cash and about 140 g of dried cannabis. Two people were arrested and released with a promise to appear, with possible cocaine-trafficking and stolen-property charges.
Ottawa police searched a Preston Street retail shop for the second time in seven days on 29 October 2026, arresting a 25-year-old man on cannabis, tobacco and proceeds charges. Officers seized about 2.74 kg of cannabis flower, pre-rolls, hash and THC products, plus psilocybin, nicotine vapes and contraband tobacco that are excluded from the cannabis total.
Ottawa police searched a Little Italy business on Preston Street on 23 and 29 October 2026, seizing about 7.26 kg of cannabis products alongside contraband tobacco and other items. A 25-year-old Ottawa man was arrested and charged with possessing and selling illicit cannabis and other offences.
