An organized crime drug ring in northeastern Ontario has been broken by the OPP.
Police say the group was controlling illegal drug distribution in the Timmins area.
Police have charged 25 people with numerous Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences after executing search warrants in northeastern Ontario and Niagara Falls yesterday.
The 12 month long investigation named project ASHLEY, focused on disrupting and dismantling an organized crime group operating in the area of Timmins. The investigation concluded with the execution of 11 search warrants.
Fifteen people have been specifically charged with Commission of an Offence for a Criminal Organization.
Some of those people, along with 10 others, have been charged with numerous drug and property related offences.
During this investigation over two kilograms of cocaine was seized along with approximately 1.3 kilograms of marijuana, one cocaine press, and approximately $115,000 in Canadian currency. The street value of the drugs seized is estimated to be approximately $120,000.
Also seized were 14 vehicles including a number of high end SUVs.
See the full list of charged persons and photos of seized assets here: http://www.opp.ca/media/ashley.
