24 people charged in multi-million dollar illegal cannabis bust
Posted Nov 17, 2025 01:58:21 PM.
Last Updated Nov 18, 2025 11:06:23 AM.
Thousands of cannabis plants, 53 charges and 24 people in custody after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) busted an illegal cannabis production operation near Belleville, Ont.
According to officials, the enforcement efforts took place between Oct. 1 to 7 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. The investigation and seizure of millions of dollars’ worth of dried plants involved non-Indigenous organized criminal networks, the press release states.
Four illegal production sites were dismantled in September, and officers seized 72,000 plants. A further six locations were searched the first week in October, with help from 12 OPP units, border patrol officials and Tyendinaga Police Service. Ottawa police supported the operation using its air unit.
As a result, police said that the plants taken from the area have a value of more than $79 million. Among the plants, four pounds of cannabis, a quantity of THC extract and 3.7 million contraband cigarettes and 35,600 kg of tobacco (valued at $9.8 million) and equipment were taken.
“We are grateful for the continued patience and support of our community as this investigation continued. The second phase of enforcement has concluded, further exposing the extent to which non-community members have exploited our land for profit,” Acting Sergeant Chris Brinklow, of Tyendinaga Police Service said in the press release.
As part of the case, police found illegal dumping sites in the Bay of Quinte. A local quarry was “depleted,” police discovered. This resulted in impacts to the water table in the area.
“A total of 19 non-community members have been charged. These operations have enriched organized crime while offering no benefit to our people,” Brinklow said.
List of people charged in connection with operation
- Andrew Clifford Miracle, 81, of Tyendinaga, is facing 10 charges
- Kareem Remey, 47, of Toronto, is facing one charge
- Jessi Corby, 46, of Tyendinaga, is facing five charges
- James Corby, 52, of Belleville, is facing seven charges
- Kyle Alexander, 42, of Toronto is facing one charge
- Shakarri Collins-Salmon, 22, of Toronto is facing one charge
- Earl Howell, 46, of Toronto is facing one charge
- Tylor Lansdowne-Thomas, 43, of Mississauga, is facing one charge
- Elijah McPherson, 27, of Windsor, is facing one charge
- Denneil Morgan, 44, of Toronto is facing one charge
- Ian Weed, 43, of Tyendinaga, is facing five charges
- Tara Weed, 43, of Tyendinaga, is facing three charges
- Eugene Agyemang, 41, of Duncan, B.C., is facing two charges
- Duy Mich Do, 63, with no fixed address, is facing one charge
- Micheal Edwin Miracle, 51, of Tyendinaga, is facing three charges
- A Sam Vuong, 67, with no fixed address, is facing one charge
- Lei Zheng, 46, of Maple, is facing one charge
- Van Minh Nguyen, 35, with no fixed address, is facing one charge
- Vinh Hoang Le, 34, with no fixed address is facing one charge
- Ngoc Luc Nguyen, 42, with no fixed address, is facing one charge
- Dinh Duc Tinh, 48, with no fixed address, is facing one charge
- Banh Thanh, 58, of Hamilton, is facing one charge
- Pham Truong, 45, with no fixed address, is facing one charge
- Bryan Paul Brant, 55, of Tyendinaga, is facing two charges
