Ten in custody, dozen guns seized in six-month ‘Project Venture’ investigation in Ontario [Video]

Ten people have been arrested, 112 criminal charges laid, a dozen 12 guns seized and $300,000 in drugs are off the streets after a six-month multi-jurisdictional drugs and firearms investigation.

Two suspects – one identified as a 33-year-old Mississauga man – remain outstanding.

Durham Region Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit launched the investigation – dubbed Project Venture – in November with help from Toronto Police, the OPP, York Regional Police, Peterborough Police, Peel Police, Waterloo Regional Police and Ontario’s Criminal Intelligence Service.

On May 2 the team executed 16 search warrants at residences throughout Durham Region, Toronto and Waterloo and seized 12 firearms, more than three kilograms of cocaine, a large quantity of other narcotics and more than $100,000 in cash. Several individuals at the residences were arrested and a 2024 Volkswagen Atlas was also seized as property related to the offence.

Police say the seized drugs have a street …