NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Seven people are facing 18 Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) charges after police execute 10 search warrants in southwestern Ontario.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) in West Region, in partnership with the Woodstock Police Service (WPS), began Project NAPOLI in August 2024 as a result of drug trafficking activity in Oxford County, Brant County, Elgin County, Norfolk County, Woodstock, London and Waterloo. On Nov. 21, 2024, a total of 10 search warrants were executed in Kitchener, Woodstock and Oxford County by members from:
- OPP CSCU from Oxford County, Brant County, Haldimand/Norfolk County, Essex County, Wellington County, Lambton County, Perth/Huron County and Elgin/Middlesex County
- OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau
- OPP Biker Enforcement Unit
- OPP Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Team
- OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit
- OPP Emergency Response Team
- OPP Canine
- Brant County OPP Detachment
- Oxford County OPP Detachment
- Haldimand County OPP Detachment
- WPS Drugs and Intelligence Unit
- WPS Canine
- WPS uniform members
- Waterloo Regional Police Service
As a result of the search warrants, police seized:
- 1.6 kilograms suspected methamphetamine
- 1.3 kilograms suspected cocaine
- 2,500 alprazolam tablets
- $20,000 in Canadian currency
- five cell phones
- two digital scales
The drugs seized in this investigation have an estimated street value of $281,000.
Project NAPOLI resulted in the arrest of seven individuals for a combined 18 offences contrary to the CC and CDSA.
Anyone with information about possession, production or trafficking of illegal drugs should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online.
