Police crack major drug ring: Estimated street value of seized drugs: $1,465,000.00

Crime 100By Staff

June 18th, 2106

BURLINGTON, ON

It took six months of investigative work – but on Friday the Halton Regional Police executed eleven Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrants in the Halton and Hamilton area.

This was a combined operation involving the Hamilton, Waterloo and Niagara police services.

HRPS investigators have arrested 10 people for various drug and weapons offences.  The seizures included:

8 kg of cocaine
63 kg of dry marihuana
a cannabis resin (shatter) lab
1.5 kg cannabis resin (shatter)
1.5 kg of psilocybin
$106 000.00 Canadian currency
9-mm loaded handgun
16 Percocet tablets
2 ballistic vests
1 replica handgun

Estimated street value of seized drugs: $1,465,000.00
Estimated wholesale value of seized drugs: $680,000.00

Charged are:
Anh Tuan NGUYEN (32yrs) of Oakville -Charges: Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Knowledge Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Adult Possession Prohibited Device, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device, Unsafe Storage, Possession of a Loaded Firearm

Thanh Van NGUYEN (28yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 4, Possession of Controlled Substance x 2

Van Lo NGUYEN (34yrs) of Hannon -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking Van Dung LE (27yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 3

Van Hai HOANG (28yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession for the purpose x 5, Possession x 2 Cuong HOANG (31yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 2, Possession of Controlled Substance

Kim Phuon NGUYEN (28yrs) of Toronto- Charges: Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Knowledge Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Adult Possession Prohibited Device, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device, Unsafe Storage, Possession of a Loaded Firearm

Trevor STAFFORD (34yrs) of Hamilton – Charges: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2, Produce a Controlled Substance

Michael GREENAWAY (35yrs) of Hamilton-Charges: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2, Produce a Controlled Substance

Van Vuong LE (53yrs) of Hamilton-Charges: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Produce a Controlled Substance The Halton Regional Police Service believes they have disrupted a significant drug trafficking network in the Halton – Hamilton corridor.

Anyone with knowledge related to this or other drug / weapons crime is asked to call the Halton Police Drug Unit at 905-878-5511 OR Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). -30-

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