$4.1M in drugs seized after huge inter-provincial trafficking bust
Posted May 4, 2026 01:23:37 PM.
Last Updated May 4, 2026 01:34:21 PM.
Thirteen people from Cornwall, Ont. and Quebec are facing over a hundred charges in connection with a multiple inter-provincial drug trafficking networks.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) worked with the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) in an operation that first launched in November 2025. Officials are calling it Project Redline, which focused on drug trafficking activity in Cornwall and Montreal, connected by The Seaway.
The investigation used numerous techniques, police explained in the press release, and identified four separate criminal networks: one trafficking fentanyl, two trafficking cocaine, and one trafficking counterfeit prescription medications and cocaine.
By uncovering the layers, police said one of the networks was linked to someone in jail at a Montreal-area facility.
“Organized crime networks involved in the trafficking of fentanyl, cocaine and counterfeit prescription medications pose a serious and ongoing threat to public safety,” OPP Chief Superintendent Mike Stoddart said. “By dismantling multiple criminal networks and seizing significant quantities of dangerous drugs, police have prevented potentially lethal substances from reaching our communities.”
Three search warrants were executed in Cornwall and four in Montreal from several OPP and SQ-led units on April 16. Municipal policing agencies from both cities also assisted.
As a result, police seized:
- 20 kg suspected fentanyl
- 14 kg suspected cocaine
- 80,000 counterfeit prescription tablets
This is equivalent to 200,000 potentially lethal street-level doses and $4.1 million in drugs.
Officials laid 115 offences against 13 people under the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
“Illicit fentanyl can be imported from other source countries or domestically produced with precursor chemicals in clandestine laboratories. Cocaine is not domestically produced in Canada and enters illegally through other source countries. The investigation into the source of the fentanyl and cocaine is ongoing, and evidence indicates the substances were intended for domestic sale and use,” officials said.
