Four charged after 95 kg cannabis seizure in export investigation
A joint RCMP, Peel Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency investigation led to the seizure of 95 kilograms of cannabis and charges against four Ontario men. The authorities described alleged offences involving export, distribution and sale, but did not disclose the suspected export route or destination.
🇨🇦 Mississauga, Ontario · Ontario, Canada
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The RCMP, Peel Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency investigated suspected cannabis export offences for several months. The RCMP said the joint investigation resulted in a 95-kilogram cannabis seizure and four arrests.[1][2]
On 24 September 2026, the RCMP’s Central Region Border Integrity unit announced charges against four men: Anoshan Alfred, 33, of Alliston; Jeffrey Woolcock, 40, and Renaldo Clarke, 42, of North York; and Jermaine Thompson, 32, of Toronto.[1][2]The charges covered cannabis possession for export, illicit possession, possession for distribution, possession for sale and conspiracy to export cannabis.[1][2]
CityNews reported that investigators did not say where the cannabis was destined or describe how the alleged export operation worked; the RCMP said the investigation was ongoing.[1][2]In a statement quoted by CityNews, Peel police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said the agency partnership was important for protecting Canada’s busiest airport and transportation hub from criminal exploitation.[2]
Ontario Provincial Police charged three men after searching an address in Midland, Ontario, on 27 October 2026, where officers looking for a wanted person found a loaded handgun, suspected cocaine and methamphetamine, and 63 grams of cannabis shatter. All three face firearm and drug charges and were held for court in Barrie; one is also charged with possessing cannabis for sale.
RCMP charged four Calgary-area men with a combined 36 offences on 27 August 2026 after an investigation into a contraband tobacco and money-laundering network, following seven search warrants in Calgary and Airdrie. Officers seized more than 88 kilograms of unstamped illicit cannabis and cannabis byproducts, more than $3 million in contraband tobacco and other drugs and property.
A Saskatchewan RCMP traffic stop near Maple Creek led to the seizure of 1,928 pounds of dried cannabis, 56 pounds of hashish and 15 litres of THC resin. The driver, a 56-year-old British Columbia man, was arrested and charged.
Halifax Regional Police charged three people after a 4 September 2026 search of a Dartmouth home found 6.2 kilograms of fentanyl, 10.5 litres of GHB and 96 packages of cannabis gummies. John Waye, 73, Krista Waye, 43, and Jaime Beaton, 43, face trafficking and cannabis-selling charges; police link the drugs to organized crime.
