Ontario Free Press
(MOOSONEE, ON) – One person was arrested after a traffic stop in Moosonee. On March 10, 2024, shortly before 8:00 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Ferguson Road in Moosonee. The driver provided a false name to police and was subsequently arrested. As a result of this investigation, Miller NAKOGEE, […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – Three individuals have been arrested and 15 charges have been laid after a search warrant was executed by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG). This team is comprised of the Thunder Bay Police Service, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police. In […]
(TORONTO, ON) –Â Nine accused are facing 44 charges following an investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG). Project CRANIUM began in the fall of 2023, when police learned of two individuals trafficking illicit drugs in the City of Barrie. Further investigation revealed that a sophisticated criminal […]
(COBOURG, ON) – Members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) made an arrest during a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint. On March 9, 2024, at approximately 11:55 p.m., Police were conducting a RIDE spot check on Division Street in Cobourg when a passenger vehicle approached and was stopped. Officers entered into […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged in Espanola following a call for service. On March 10, 2024, shortly after 9:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call for service involving a person slouched over in the driver’s seat of their parked vehicle. Police located the vehicle in a […]
LONDON, ON (March 11, 2024) – Three London men are facing charges after LPS officers recognized a wanted man operating a reported stolen vehicle late last week. The vehicle was reported stolen to the London police on March 8, 2024, and later that day, plain-clothed LPS officers operating an unmarked police vehicle observed the suspect vehicle. […]
(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Huron-Perth Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Brant-Oxford CSCU, West Region Emergency Response Team, Canine Unit, and the Tactics and Rescue Unit, executed a search warrant following a drug trafficking investigation in Kitchener. Major TAKHAR, a 67-year-old resident of Cambridge, has […]
(TOWN OF WASAGA BEACH, ON) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged one individual with aggravated assault in the Town of Wasaga Beach. On February 25, 2024, members of the Huronia West Detachment responded to a report of an unconscious individual on Homewood Ave. The victim was in […]
(Orillia, ON) – Officers from the Orillia Detachment Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals and seized a large quantity of fentanyl, cocaine and cash during execution of search warrants in the Town of Innisfil. On February 28, 2024, the Orillia CSCU with the assistance from officers of […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – An investigation led by the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with assistance from the Treaty Three Police Service and the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), has led to charges being laid against three local residents. On March 6, 2024, just prior to 5:00 p.m., a Controlled Drugs […]