By Staff
June 18th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
It took six months of investigative work – but on Friday the Halton Regional Police executed eleven Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrants in the Halton and Hamilton area.
This was a combined operation involving the Hamilton, Waterloo and Niagara police services.
HRPS investigators have arrested 10 people for various drug and weapons offences. The seizures included:
8 kg of cocaine
63 kg of dry marihuana
a cannabis resin (shatter) lab
1.5 kg cannabis resin (shatter)
1.5 kg of psilocybin
$106 000.00 Canadian currency
9-mm loaded handgun
16 Percocet tablets
2 ballistic vests
1 replica handgun
Estimated street value of seized drugs: $1,465,000.00
Estimated wholesale value of seized drugs: $680,000.00
Charged are:
Anh Tuan NGUYEN (32yrs) of Oakville -Charges: Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Knowledge Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Adult Possession Prohibited Device, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device, Unsafe Storage, Possession of a Loaded Firearm
Thanh Van NGUYEN (28yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 4, Possession of Controlled Substance x 2
Van Lo NGUYEN (34yrs) of Hannon -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking Van Dung LE (27yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 3
Van Hai HOANG (28yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession for the purpose x 5, Possession x 2 Cuong HOANG (31yrs) of Hamilton -Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 2, Possession of Controlled Substance
Kim Phuon NGUYEN (28yrs) of Toronto- Charges: Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Knowledge Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Adult Possession Prohibited Device, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device, Unsafe Storage, Possession of a Loaded Firearm
Trevor STAFFORD (34yrs) of Hamilton – Charges: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2, Produce a Controlled Substance
Michael GREENAWAY (35yrs) of Hamilton-Charges: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2, Produce a Controlled Substance
Van Vuong LE (53yrs) of Hamilton-Charges: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Produce a Controlled Substance The Halton Regional Police Service believes they have disrupted a significant drug trafficking network in the Halton – Hamilton corridor.
Anyone with knowledge related to this or other drug / weapons crime is asked to call the Halton Police Drug Unit at 905-878-5511 OR Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). -30-
