Ontario Free Press
(SMITHS FALLS, ON) – The OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Canine, and the OPP Tactical Response Unit (TRU) assisted Smiths Falls Police Service (SFPS) with the execution of a warrant for a subject who was believed to be armed and barricaded in the Town of Smiths falls. On March 21, 2024, the Smiths Falls Police […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – In early 2024, the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted an investigation into drug trafficking through-out the District of Muskoka. On March 20th and 21st, 2024, with the assistance of theCentral Region Tactics and Rescue Unit, the Orillia Community Street Crime Unit, and Bracebridge Detachment officers, investigators executed five search warrants, two in the Town of Bracebridge and three withinthe City of Toronto. As a result of the investigation, police seized a quantity of fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, various prescription medications, a large quantity of cash and drug trafficking […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – A local individual is facing drug possession charges after a trespassing incident was reported in Pembroke. On the evening of March 9, 2024, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended an apartment building on Elizabeth Street in Pembroke in response to a trespassing complaint. Police located […]
(SABLES-SPANISH RIVERS TOWNSHIP, ON) – Two people have been charged after a search warrant was executed in Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. On March 19, 2024, shortly after 8:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with the assistance of members of the Manitoulin OPP executed a search warrant at a residence on Young […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid several charges against a local resident after a recent break, enter and theft. The UOV OPP began investigating a break, enter and theft that took place on the morning of March 12, 2024. A garage at a residence on River […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Three individuals were charged following an investigation into drug trafficking and the execution of a search warrant at a residence by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand/Norfolk Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU). At approximately 6:05 a.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Haldimand/Norfolk OPP CSCU executed a search warrant at a residence […]
(BLAIR TOWNSHIP, ON) – The West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of officers from the Sudbury Detachment of the OPP have arrested and charged three people with break and enter as well as multiple other offences. On March 17, 2024, officers were called to a seasonal cottage after the […]
(CALDER TOWNSHIP, ON) – Two people were arrested after police conducted a routine traffic stop. On March 11, 2024, shortly before 8:00 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had no lights to the rear, on Highway 11 between Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls. An investigation led to the […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County (Chatham) Detachment has charged an individual following a suspicious person investigation. On March 17, 2024, at approximately 00:15 a.m., a member of the Elgin County OPP (Chatham Detachment) initiated an investigation after locating a pedestrian insufficiently dressed for weather conditions and walking in complete darkness on […]
(GREATER NAPANEE, ON) – The East Region County Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located and arrested a male who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. On March 14, 2024, just before 11:00 am CSCU members located the male in Springside Park in Greater Napanee. CSCU members arrested the male and […]