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Ontario Police Dismantle Transnational Cocaine and Fentanyl Network

International law enforcement cooperation produced arrests alongside seizures revealing that illicit drug proceeds were financing anti-India activities.

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Some of the illegal fentanyl whose seizure was announced Tuesday by the Ontario Provincial Police following an investigation known as Project Bionic.
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Peel police seized $48M in cocaine, dismantling a cross-border drug network in the largest bust in the service’s history.

Overview

  • Project Pelican culminated on June 6 with the Peel Regional Police seizing 479 kg of cocaine worth CAD 47.9 million—the largest in the service’s history.
  • Nine men aged 27 to 44 from southern Ontario now face a combined 35 charges related to drug trafficking and firearms offences.
  • Ontario Provincial Police investigations in southwestern Ontario yielded 43.5 kg of fentanyl—enough for roughly 380,000 street doses—alongside methamphetamine, cocaine and weapons.
  • Cross-border smuggling routes were tracked through commercial trucking crossings at the Ambassador and Blue Water Bridges with support from CBSA, US DEA, US Homeland Security Investigations and the RCMP.
  • Intelligence assessments link the trafficked drug proceeds to ISI-backed Khalistani groups accused of using funds to support anti-India activities.