Eight charged as Project Dos raids seize 3,900 cannabis plants
Toronto police executed 29 search warrants across four southern Ontario cities on 25 April 2019, arresting eight people in a drug-trafficking investigation codenamed Project Dos. Officers seized 3,905 illegally grown cannabis plants alongside cocaine, ketamine, precursor chemicals and cash, a haul police valued at up to 17 million dollars for all drugs combined.
🇨🇦 Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo and Stoney Creek, Ontario · Ontario, Canada
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Toronto’s Organized Crime Enforcement drug squad executed 29 search warrants
across four southern Ontario cities on 25 April 2019 in an investigation
codenamed Project Dos.[1][2]Eight people were arrested and charged with 27
drug offences, including possession for the purpose of trafficking,
possession of the proceeds of crime and conspiracy.[1][2]A superintendent
told a 9 May news conference the network was a high-level trafficking ring
capable of generating millions of dollars in profit.[1]
Officers seized 3,905 illegally grown cannabis plants, which CBC rounds to
around 4,000.[1][2]They also confiscated29 kilograms of cocaine, smaller
amounts of ketamine, hundreds of kilograms of precursor chemicals such as
ephedrine, and about 308,000 dollars in cash.[1][2]Police put the street
value of all the drugs seized at up to 17 million dollars.[1][2]The raids
took place in Toronto, Vaughan, Waterloo and Stoney Creek, with most of the
arrests in Toronto.[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.