Four charged after OPP raids Windsor’s 420 Highway cannabis network
Four men were charged after an OPP-led team searched three Windsor locations tied to an online cannabis operation called 420 Highway. Officers seized cannabis products, tobacco, packaging equipment and C$24,000; the estimated value of all seized property and equipment exceeded C$365,000.
🇨🇦 Windsor, Ontario · Ontario, Canada
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The OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team began investigating an online operation called 420 Highway in July 2026. Police said it supplied and distributed cannabis from multiple Windsor locations without authorization from Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission or Health Canada.[1][2]
On 2 September, officers executed three search warrants at two residences and a storage facility. They seized dried cannabis, concentrates, hash, edibles and vape products, along with packaging equipment, contraband tobacco and C$24,000.[1][2][3]The total estimated value of the seized property, products and equipment exceeded C$365,000; Windsor News Today reported the total as C$366,000.[1][2][3]
Three men from Windsor, aged 41, 42 and 57, and a 28-year-old man from Sarnia were charged with cannabis-related offences and possession of proceeds of crime.[1][2]The four were released and were due to appear in a Windsor court in late November.[1][2]The charges had not been proven in court.[2]
No amounts or separate value for the cannabis were published; the estimate above C$365,000 combined cannabis products with other property and equipment.
The search warrants were executed on September 2, but the articles do not give the date the charges were laid; the court appearance was scheduled for late November 2026.
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