Tag: Trafficking
Boyfriend of slain nurse charged with drug possession prior to latest arrest
London man already was facing drug charges when he was swept up in a gun and drug bust this month, court records show.
Pimp’s mom gets house arrest for facilitating sex trafficking
She referred to one of the women her son was sex trafficking as âhired helpâ and âa hooker.â Other victims brought into the scheme were referred to as a ânew family member.â She booked hotel rooms and drove them to meet clients. All of this was to aid and shield her son, while at the […]
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.
Five things to know about Wear Purple Day (Friday) in London
A key event in a month-long campaign, Wear Purple Day is all about showing and sharing support to help end male violence against women.
Three hurt after small plane crashes, flips over amid landing attempt
Three people were injured after a small plane crash on a rural road south of Strathroy Saturday afternoon, provincial police said. Middlesex County OPP, paramedics and firefighters responded to a plane crash on Olde Drive, between Springfield Road and Melbourne Road, at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, police said in a news release Sunday morning. Of […]
Police find nearly two kilograms of cocaine, arrest Dundalk man
A 32-year-old Dundalk man has been charged by police after search warrants executed at two addresses turned up nearly two kilograms of cocaine. The OPP West Region Community Street Crime Unit executed the search warrants in Dundalk and Clifford on Nov. 6, while the accused was taken into custody outside of Walkerton without incident. As […]
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 […]
Police shut down unlicensed London pot shop, again
An Indigenous-run marijuana shop in London shop has been shuttered for a second time after reopening following a summertime crackdown by the Ontario Provincial Police. In August, Spirit River, an unlicensed cannabis dispensary in a trailer at 72 Wellington St., and the Spirit River downtown storefront at 685 Richmond St. were closed down by the […]
Mother of teen who died helps launch Shine the Light campaign
Dozens of city officials and community members dressed in purple gathered in Victoria Park on Friday for the start of the London Abused Womenâs Centreâs annual Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign. The mother of Samatha Lambert, a St. Catharines teen who was found dead in 2019, lit the Tree of Hope to mark […]