Project Monarch accused of smuggling22 Firearms and illegal drugs across Canada-US border deported 10 suspects.
It is difficult enough to stem the flow of drugs and handguns across part of the border along the St. Clair River. Eleven officers and one boat to defend its vastness.
A cache of 27 handguns, 9 kg of cocaine and 1.9 kg of fentanyl was revealed on Wednesday by a joint police operation at York Police Headquarters. 20,000 Xanax pills,28 grams of heroin (worth $1.3 million), A total of 22 people from London, Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto were killed in over 400 links. Claim Arrested
The massive Project Monarch, a 10-month joint force operation that began in October 2021 and ended on 28 July 2022, resulted in the largest seizure in history. It may not have been, but it showed that police and community partners are doing their part at all costs to cut off the flow of guns and drugs smuggled into Ontario. "To keep all communities safe".
"There are nine he to he eleven police officers on the scene and we have to defend the border, the border between Canada and the United States," Sampson said. said. "Our islands are large and lie in the St. Clair River."
{61 York Local Police display guns and drugs seized during the Monarch Project. JACK BOLAND/TORONTO SUN Less than a kilometer wide from Port Huron, Michigan to Walpole Island Native Land. Twenty of the 27 handguns came from nearby Michigan, Ohio, and as far away as Florida, and alleged smuggling rings became part of the focus.
"We have one boat and we need an entire Marine Corps to do the job effectively," Sampson said.
"To Prime Ministers (Doug) Ford and (Justin) Trudeau, please open your considerations to channel the necessary and sufficient financial resources." added Sampson. "We desperately need more funding to get this job done." This all-out effort to work together was observed through Project Monarch.
"It's time to take collective police action and prevent serious crime within our communities," Sampson said. "And to stop the flow of dangerous weapons and firearms through Indigenous territories."
He said we need more physical resources, such as cars and boats, to defend our borders, and more police officers trained to investigate.
Police said some of the fentanyl had been compressed into pill form. The pill looked like a candy with a design like a Volkswagen Beetle car and a butterfly.
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Yorkshire Police Insp. Said it led to closure.
"As investigations began to progress, we identified a fairly strong criminal network surrounding this particular individual," he said. "Firearms and drugs we believe were being trafficked here in the York area and throughout the GTA." Officials say the arrested suspect called himself "King", meaning he controls the network.
His one of many handguns on display had a "Deadpool" cartoon character on the "slide" (top of the gun).
At Project Monarch, officials from York, Peel, London, the OPP Organized Crime Agency, the State Arms Enforcement Agency, the Canadian Border Agency, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are working together to develop the gun. I've seen it stop Drug distribution network.
Agents also seized $155,242 in Canadian currency, $9,000 in U.S. currency, and five of his vehicles now associated with criminal proceeds.
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