Tag: Fentanyl
Street crimes unit nabs traffickers with over $20,000 worth of drugs headed to Saugeen Shores
The Grey Bruce Community Street Crime Unit said they intercepted two Saugeen First Nation residents with over $20,000 worth of drugs on their way to Saugeen Shores. According to a police media release, the OPP and the CSCU became aware that a person of interest in a drug trafficking investigation was travelling on Highway 21 […]
Boyfriend of slain nurse charged in gun, drug bust months after acquittal
The boyfriend of a London nurse gunned down in their driveway three years ago faces more than a dozen gun and drug charges.
Man pleads guilty to possessing 15 kg of fentanyl seized in $3.2M drug bust
The judge seemed to want to make sure he had heard correctly just how much fentanyl the federal drug prosecutor said was found at a London address.
Trio charged after London police seize loaded gun, $170K in drugs
A trio faces multiple drug-related charges after London police say officers seized roughly $170,000 worth of drugs, including fentanyl, along with cash, a loaded firearm and ammunition. London police say it was shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday when officers found a wanted man leaving a home in the southwest end of the city in […]
Fentanyl suspected in latest Owen Sound overdose death
Grey Bruce Public Health issued its 24th opioid alert this year after it was notified of a suspected fatal opioid-related overdose. Fentanyl is believed to be responsible for this fatality, in Owen Sound on Monday, Oct. 28. Last year the health unit issued opioid alerts 18 times. They’re issued after there’s been three or more opioid overdoses […]
Friends speak out after death of man, 33, found unresponsive in London jail
The man who died after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Londonâs troubled provincial jail faced previous trauma and abuse in the justice system, but never stopped trying to improve his life, his friends say.  Friends have identified the man found unresponsive at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre on Thursday as Matthew Bouvier, 33, […]
Teenage suspects charged after London school break-in
Two teenage boys are facing charges after a school in south London was broken into, leaving about $2,000 in damages, London police say. Police responded about 11 p.m. Thursday to the area of Chiddington Avenue and Compton Crescent, where the Sir George Etienne Cartier public school is located, after receiving reports from an area resident […]
Driver rescued after vehicle goes over cliff: Police
The 27-year-old St. Thomas driver of a vehicle that police say went over Hawk Cliff on Lake Erie is being treated for serious injuries that aren’t considered life-threatening. Emergency crews responded to a call about 6 p.m. Tuesday at the end of Hawk Cliff Road in Central Elgin, east of Port Stanley, where a vehicle […]
Coroner’s inquests called into London police custody deaths
Inquests will be held into the deaths of three people who died in London police custody, the province announced Tuesday. The inquests will examine the deaths of Amanda Bolt, 28, Fabian Hart, 46, and Christopher Campbell, 55, the office of the chief coroner of Ontario said. A coroner’s inquest is a formal hearing where the […]
Ontario mayors seek mental-health law reviews: ‘Absolute crisis’
Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets. The organization that represents 29 mayors of cities with more than 100,000 people say they are taking no position on treatment given […]