Illegal Drugs

• Montreal police raid leads to 4 arrests on opening day of illegal magic mushroom shop

  The FunGuyz store opened on Tuesday, offering pills, dried fungi and chocolate bars all containing the psychedelic agent psilocybin, subject to sale and possession bans in Canada.

  Crime

  Jul 11
  
• Man arrested for selling hard drugs from B.C. kiosk gears up for Charter challenge

  Vancouver police arrested Jerry Martin and impounded cash, drugs and the mobile trailer he was operating as "The Drugs Store" on Thursday, one day after he'd begun operations.

  Health

  May 8
  
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• Over $8M in drugs seized, 2 charged in dismantled cannabis lab: London, Ont. police

  As police in London continue to investigate an illegal cannabis lab, the home involved, according to Ontario property records, is owned by a numbered company registered in Toronto.

  Crime

  Apr 11
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• Over $73K of illegal drugs seized in London and Woodstock, Ont.

  Police seized more than $73,000 worth of illegal drugs from vehicles and homes in London, Ont., and Woodstock, Ont., earlier this week.

  Crime

  Feb 9
• Saskatchewan continues talk about drug decriminalization following start of B.C. trial

  The Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police president said there are no plans to decriminalize drugs in the province, but it has been a conversation among authorities.

  Canada

  Jan 31
• Firearms, property, and drugs seized through Hamilton Police Service’s Project KORA

  The operation included nearly 350 arrests, and the seizure of Fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and illegal oxycodone pills in the city.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2022
• Police seize $25 million worth of narcotics in largest drug bust in Peel’s history

  In a breakdown, the drugs seized have an estimated street value worth of $13.2 million in cocaine, $10.9 million worth of methamphetamine and $1 million worth of ketamine.

  Crime

  Oct 26, 2022
• ‘Equivalent to 29,000 lethal doses of fentanyl’ seized in the Okanagan: BC CFSEU

  Some 47 weapons, including tasers, knives, machetes, hatchets and bear spray, along with $670,000 in drugs were seized by B.C.'s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit.

  Crime

  Sep 21, 2022
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• London, Ont. man sought after vehicle rolls into police cruiser, loaded handgun, drugs seized

  Police in London, Ont. say they found a loaded handgun and 'a variety of drugs,' worth $1,655 after searching a suspect vehicle. They did not specify the types of drugs seized.

  Crime

  Sep 7, 2022
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• Kelowna, B.C. one-year-old who overdosed makes full recovery

  At least two children under the age of 10 have died of suspected illicit drug overdoses in the last two years, and this most recent case has spurred a warning to parents.

  Crime

  Sep 2, 2022