Mississauga Man Arrested in Connection with Pearson Airport-Located Drug Ring [Video]

Eleven people, including a Mississauga man, have been arrested following a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into a drug trafficking ring.

The charges against the Mississauga man have since been withdrawn.

The Kitchener RCMP says it directly infiltrated several high-level drug trafficking groups supplying fentanyl and other illicit drugs to markets in the GTA and Southwestern Ontario in an undercover operation. It conducted raids in Hamilton, Toronto, Durham, Brantford and Kitchener.

Police allege the investigation also revealed that members of a cocaine importation ring were working out of Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga.

This investigation, dubbed project OWoodcraft, has prompted the arrests of 11 people who have been charged with 40 offences, including trafficking in fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine as well as attempting to import cocaine.

“The trafficking of fentanyl is a top priority for the law enforcement community in Canada. Undercover operations during this project …