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### Viewing cable 08TORONTO155, Ontario Police Counternarcotics Efforts Paying Off

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 TORONTO 000155

    SIPDIS
    SENSITIVE

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: SNAR KCRM PGOV CA
    SUBJECT: Ontario Police Counternarcotics Efforts Paying Off

    REF: (A) Toronto 69 (B) Toronto 59 (C) 07 Toronto 448

    Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly.

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  Drug production, smuggling and trafficking
    continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement
    agencies.  Since we last reported on counter-narcotics efforts in
    Ontario in mid-March, police have discovered and shut down several
    large-scale marijuana grow-ops and methamphetamine labs, seized
    significant quantities of drugs, and arrested and charged scores of
    people.  The Akwesasne First Nations Reserve and Pearson
    International Airport remain prime drug transit points.  Experts
    argue that increasing youth street gang activity and the
    accompanying increased gun violence in Canada are symptoms of a
    burgeoning drug trade in the country.  Information-sharing and
    operational cooperation between U.S. and Canadian law enforcement
    agencies have been vital to several recent significant seizures on
    both sides of the border.  Should a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
    (DEA) position be created in Toronto, the agent would find plenty of
    work involving illegal cross-border drug flows.  END SUMMARY.

    --------------------------------------------- -----
    Ontario Provincial Police Publish 2007 Drug Report
    --------------------------------------------- -----

    ¶2. (U) On May 12, 2008, the Drug Enforcement Section (DES) of the
    Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) announced that in 2007 it seized
    C$244.2 million in illicit drugs and arrested 2,246 individuals
    across Ontario last year.  In 2007, a total of 3,105 investigations
    dismantled 551 indoor and outdoor marijuana grow operations, in
    which 6,000 kilograms of dried marijuana were seized and more than
    160,000 marijuana plants were destroyed.  Over the past five years,
    the OPP has charged 9,993 persons with 36,963 criminal offenses;
    eliminated 3,550 marijuana grow-ops; destroyed 1,162,450 marijuana
    plants; seized 412.3 kilos of cocaine; and seized 3,200 weapons.
    The value of the drugs seized during this five-year period was C$1.6
    billion.  The value of the property seized was C$27.2 million.

    ¶3. (U) DES notes that it has seen more criminal activity during the
    past five years involving new and synthetic drugs such as ecstasy,
    GHB, crack cocaine, and prescription pills such as oxycodone.  The
    number of weapons, man traps and degree of violence associated with
    outdoor marijuana grow operations in Ontario have also increased
    significantly.  The 3,200 weapons seized during drug investigations
    over the last five years include machine guns, assault rifles,
    detonator cords, and blasting caps.

    --------------------------------------------- ---------
    Pearson Airport Continues to be a Drug Trafficking Hub
    --------------------------------------------- ---------

    ¶4. (U) On April 26, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at
    Toronto's Pearson Airport arrested a Quebec woman for transporting
    12 kilos of cocaine worth C$1.5 million inside 24 boxes of cake mix
    into Canada on a flight from Peru.  The seizure was made public on
    May 9 as part of an ongoing probe.  Two seizures were also made on a
    flight arriving in Toronto from St. Lucia on May 5.  A 24-year-old
    man from St. Lucia was charged after he was found with 4.5 kilos of
    coke worth roughly C$560,000 and a 24-year-old woman and her
    34-year-old boyfriend were held after 11.5 kilos of cocaine worth
    C$1.4 million was discovered in their luggage.

    --------------------------------------------- --
    Marijuana Grow-ups Still Flourishing in Ontario
    --------------------------------------------- --

    ¶5. (U) According to the U.N.'s 2007 Drug Report, 960 to 2,400 metric
    tons of marijuana is produced annually in Canada, 25% of which is
    produced in Ontario.  Over the past couple of months, law
    enforcement agencies in Ontario have shut down numerous large-scale
    marijuana grow-ops.

    ¶6. (U) On April 21, 2008, police seized 3,000 marijuana plants and
    almost seven kilograms of processed pot with an estimated street
    value of over C$3 million.  Two homemade swords, three vehicles,
    digital scales, and a large quantity of hydroponic equipment were
    also seized in the raid.  Two Toronto men were charged with
    marijuana production.

    ¶7. (U) On April 22, 2008, York Region police announced that they had
    dismantled 18 marijuana grow operations linked to a company that
    allegedly sold the equipment needed to grow pot indoors.  Following
    a two year investigation police seized 8,000 plants worth about C$8
    million.  Three people face a dozen charges, including production of
    a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for the
    purpose of trafficking, and theft of electricity.

    ¶8. (U) On May 13, 2008, the OPP announced that they arrested 45
    people and laid 173 charges in connection with an outdoor marijuana

    TORONTO 00000155  002 OF 004

    grow-operation near Minden, Ontario last fall.  Officers seized more
    than C$7 million in marijuana, about C$50,000 in cash, 2,000 ecstasy
    pills, nine firearms, and camouflage outfits.  The grow-op was
    discovered after six people, two of whom worked for the Ontario
    Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), stumbled on the grow-op near
    an ATV trail last October.  The six people were beaten, robbed, and
    held captive for hours by the suspects.  Police said marijuana
    plants were being stolen from the spot by another group of criminals
    when the victims discovered the plants.  The investigation, dubbed
    "Project Pirate," also resulted in charges against several people in
    connection with a violent carjacking last June on Highway 401 in
    eastern Ontario.  Police estimate there could be more than 300
    illegal outdoor marijuana grow-ops right now in Ontario, some in
    remote areas and others hidden in unsuspecting farmers' fields.

    ---------------------------------------------
    Recent Cocaine, Crack, and Marijuana Seizures
    ---------------------------------------------

    ¶9. (U) On March 27, members of the Toronto Drug Squad and the
    Emergency Task Force executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
    warrant at D.J. Record and Clothing Store in downtown Toronto.
    Police discovered roughly 65 pounds of marijuana worth C$600,000 and
    a 9mm handgun.  15 people were charged with 32 drug and weapons
    related charges.

    ¶10. (U) On March 29, 2008, Toronto Police seized 1,295 grams of
    marijuana worth C$13,000, 139 grams of crack cocaine worth C$30,000,
    and C$12,170 of cash along with numerous articles of drug
    paraphernalia from a car parked in a residential neighborhood of
    central Toronto.  A Toronto man was arrested and charged with
    drug-related offences.

    ¶11. (U) On April 10, 2008, Toronto Police and Toronto Anti-Violence
    Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) officers seized approximately C$30,000
    in cash and 108.8 grams of cocaine from a Barrie, Ontario man.  The
    man was charged with three drug-related offences.

    ¶12. (U) On April 17, 2008, a Windsor, Ontario man appeared in court
    on drug trafficking charges after Windsor police raided a home and
    seized 14 pounds of bagged marijuana, along with 241 grams of
    cocaine, and 120 grams of hashish and hash oil worth C$91,629.  The
    man is now facing five counts of possession of drugs for the purpose
    of trafficking.  Windsor Police credited a recent boost in
    provincial funding aimed at tackling drug and firearms crimes in
    Ontario for a number of drug busts in the city.  Police said the
    number of drug busts so far this year is about the same as during
    the same period last year, but more drugs are being seized.

    ¶13. (U) On April 29, 2008, an Ontario man was arrested in Michigan
    after state troopers seized 63 kilograms of cocaine in three duffel
    bags worth C$1.8 million from his tractor trailer.  Four Americans
    in a car trailing the tractor trailer were also taken into custody.

    ¶14. (U) On May 14, Toronto Police seized a large quantity of cocaine
    and C$389,726 in cash.  A Toronto man was charged with trafficking
    cocaine, possession for the purpose of trafficking in cocaine, and
    possession of proceeds of crime.

    ---------------------------------
    Akwesasne Reserve A Smuggling Hub
    ---------------------------------

    ¶15. (U) The Akwesasne First Nations Reserve, which straddles the
    provincial boundaries between Ontario and Quebec as well as the
    international border between the U.S. and Canada, continues to be a
    prime location for smuggling and drug trafficking.  The reserve is
    known as St. Regis Mohawk Reserve in New York.  The 401 Trans-Canada
    highway, conveniently located just outside the reserve, provides
    direct routes west to Toronto and east to Montreal.  The RCMP
    estimates that roughly C$1 billion in drugs and contraband flow
    through the reserve each year.

    ¶16. (U) On March 26, 2008, 29 people were arrested as police forces
    staged drug raids on the Kahnawake, Kanesatake, and Akwesasne First
    Nations Reserves, dismantling a multi-million dollar drug pipeline
    linking Ontario, Quebec, and the U.S.  More than 300 officers,
    including the Kahnawake and Akwesasne Peace Keepers, worked with
    RCMP and Surete du Quebec in the year-long investigation known as
    "Operation Cancun."  Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and U.S. Drug
    Enforcement Agency (DEA) officers also assisted.  In 15 raids police
    forces netted 115 kilos of marijuana worth an estimated C$1 million,
    bundles of cash totaling C$2 million, four machine guns, an AK-47,
    an M-16, three grenade launchers, and other assorted weapons.
    Police also seized 10 luxury vehicles, including high-end SUVs and
    at least one sports car worth C$250,000.  "The drugs were smuggled
    by boat in the summer and by trucks and skidoo on ice bridges in the
    winter," explained Sergeant Michael Harvey of the RCMP's customs and

    TORONTO 00000155  003 OF 004

    excise section.  Of the 22 men and 7 women arrested, eight live in
    Kahnawake, 10 in Akwesasne, one in the Kanesetake Mohawk reserve
    near Montreal, and 10 in Montreal.  They face charges of
    gangsterism, drug exportation, illegal weapons possession, drug
    possession, drug trafficking, conspiracy to traffic drugs,
    conspiracy to export drugs, and drug manufacturing.

    ¶17. (U) On February 25, 2008, in Warren County, New York, state
    troopers seized 10 pounds of marijuana in a duffel bag from four
    Massachusetts men and also seized 126 pounds of marijuana worth a
    combined C$500,000 from three Canadian women from Cornwall, Ontario,
    in the largest seizure in the county's history.  In both cases, the
    people transporting the drugs reportedly brought them into the U.S.
    through the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation.

    ----------------------------
    Meth Super-lab Raided in GTA
    ----------------------------

    ¶18. (U) On April 29, Toronto Police uncovered the largest
    methamphetamine lab ever found in the GTA in an industrial park in
    Mississauga, Ontario.  Inside the industrial units police found two
    full methamphetamine cooking kitchens, 80 drums of volatile
    chemicals, storage for a large amount of ecstasy pills, and four
    pill presses.  Four people were arrested -- three from Toronto and
    one from Quebec.  Toronto Police described the meth lab as a
    sophisticated, organized criminal operation.

    --------------------------------------------- ---------
    U.S. - Canadian Law Enforcement Cooperation is Working
    --------------------------------------------- ---------

    ¶19. (U) Information-sharing and operational cooperation between U.S.
    and Canadian law enforcement agencies has been key to several recent
    significant arrests and seizures on both sides of the border.  For
    example, on March 19, 2008, Toronto Police and the RCMP executed 12
    search warrants at various GTA locations that resulted in the
    seizure of 275 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of
    over C$550,000.  Charges were filed against four men from the GTA.
    The operation, dubbed "Project Ocujo," was conducted with the
    support of the U.S. DEA and targeted a GTA smuggling ring allegedly
    involved in shipping Canadian marijuana south of the border.  Police
    also seized 17.6 pounds of ketamine, 3 vehicles, 130 cigarettes,
    C$180,000 in cash, and a C$100,000 money order.  Two people in the
    U.S. were also charged.

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    Gangs, Guns and Drugs in Canada
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    ¶20. (U) Michael Chettleburgh, author of "Young Thugs: Inside the
    Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs," published in April 2007,
    warns that more young people are joining gangs.  He argues the
    increasing gunplay on Canadian streets is a symptom of a burgeoning
    drug trade.  Chettleburgh drafted the 2002 Canadian Police Survey on
    Youth Gangs for the federal government and will release the results
    of a new survey later this year.  "Where there are guns and gangs
    there are drugs," Chettleburgh opined.  "We've gone from seeing
    fairly unsophisticated revolvers, to semi-automatic pistols to
    hunting rifles sawed off, to machine guns and military-grade assault
    rifles."

    ¶21. (U) Toronto Deputy Police Chief Tony Warr said the propensity
    for violence has spread from major drug dealers to minor drug
    traffickers who now carry guns because they are afraid of getting
    ripped off or shot by their competition.  In 2006, 8,100 Canadian
    residents were victims of violent gun crimes including robbery,
    assault, and homicide, according to Statistics Canada.  The number
    of young people using guns in violent crimes has risen in three of
    the previous four years, increasing 32% since 2002, also according
    to Statistics Canada.  Chettleburgh estimates there are 11,000 to
    14,000 gang members under the age of 21 across the country, up from
    7,000 in the 2002 Police Survey on Youth Gangs.

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    Oshawa, Ontario is a Major Drug Haven
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    ¶22. (U) In recent months, Oshawa, Ontario, located on the eastern
    fringe of the GTA, has been a hot-spot of drug-related activity.  On
    March 16, 2008, in Oshawa, Durham Regional Police (DRP) seized 24
    grams of crack cocaine and 910 grams of cocaine worth C$90,000, and
    arrested two Oshawa residents.  Also, two days later, on March 18,
    DRP seized roughly 2 kilograms of cocaine worth C$200,000 and four
    people were charged with drug-related offences.

    ¶23. (U) On March 20, 2008, Oshawa Police recovered 1,797 grams of
    psilocybin or magic mushrooms, 110 grams of marijuana, and 8 grams
    of hash worth C$37,000 after stopping a vehicle on a downtown

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    thoroughfare.  Two men were charged.

    ¶24. (U) On March 20, 2008, DRP announced that a six week
    street-level drug trafficking investigation in eastern Toronto
    suburbs including Oshawa resulted in the seizure of C$40,000 in
    drugs, and 63 arrests with about 200 charges laid, mostly related to
    cocaine trafficking.  The investigation, dubbed "Project Magnet,"
    recovered roughly 71 grams of crack cocaine worth C$7,140, 151 grams
    of cocaine worth C$15,110, 1,316 grams of marijuana worth C$13,162,
    and 231 tablets of oxycodone worth C$4,620.  A .45 caliber handgun,
    3 boxes of ammunition, and C$6,800 in cash were also seized.  45 of
    the 63 people charged were from Oshawa.

    ¶25. (U) On April 9, 2008 DRP discovered a major meth lab concealed
    behind false walls and secret compartments in an Oshawa residence.
    In the house police found caches of chemicals and lab equipment.
    Police believe that the drug lab belonged to the previous owner of
    the residence so no charges were laid against the current occupants.

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    Recent Major Drug Seizures and Operations
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    ¶26. (U) On April 1, 2008, Toronto Police announced the successful
    conclusion of a six-week project, dubbed "Project Revival," which
    resulted in 75 arrests for drug trafficking and 21 arrests for
    prostitution, resulting in 192 drug and criminal charges.  These 96
    arrested people had a previous combined total of 2,089 drug and
    criminal convictions.

    ¶27. (U) On March 16, 2008, Toronto Police and local law enforcement
    agencies concluded a six week long investigation, dubbed "Project
    White Rabbit," by raiding the Comfort Zone, a downtown Toronto club.
     In the six-week run-up to the club raid, Toronto Police made 13
    drug-related arrests and seized C$6,000 worth of drugs.  33 people
    were arrested and charged and police recovered heroin, cocaine,
    ecstasy, ketamine, and GHB, worth C$30,000, along with C$35,000 cash
    during the club raid.  In a related arrest on April 6, 2008, another
    Toronto man was charged with trafficking cocaine, possession of
    cocaine for the purposes of trafficking, and possession of proceeds
    of crime.

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    Cocaine heads North; Marijuana Heads South
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    ¶28. (U) Large recent cocaine seizures in Ontario demonstrate that
    the cross-border drug pipelines continue to operate.  On March 29,
    2008, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) guards at the Blue Water
    Bridge in Sarnia, Ontario seized 46 kilograms of cocaine worth
    C$5.75 million behind the rear seat of a car.  A Kitchener, Ontario
    man and women were charged with importing a controlled substance and
    possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of
    trafficking.

    ¶29. (U) On March 16, 2008, an Oshawa man was arrested for trying to
    smuggle 272 pounds of marijuana worth C$1.6 million in his truck
    when he entered the United States at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo,
    NY.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents said they
    found the pot hidden in seven cardboard boxes in a load of airplane
    parts and a large steel tank.

    ¶30. (SBU) COMMENT:  Ontario-based law enforcement agencies continue
    to work hard to combat illegal drug production and trafficking.  The
    volume and tempo of drug-related seizures and arrests in Ontario and
    along the Canada-U.S. border demonstrate the continued profitability
    of the drug trade and the determination of the criminals operating
    it.  Recent significant seizures on both sides of the border
    highlight the importance of information sharing and operational
    cooperation between U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies,
    which is helping to combat the flow of drugs, weapons, and
    contraband across the border.  The high volume of illegal
    cross-border drug flow, in both directions, makes it clear that any
    DEA agent stationed in Toronto would have a heavy and productive
    workload, with much opportunity for increased cooperation with
    Canadian law enforcement authorities here.  END COMMENT.

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