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Police charge 37 people in smuggling ring
between Canada and the United States. The operation, named O-TITAN, was led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) - CRTF - Serious and Organized Crime team (SOC) in partnership with the Ontario Pro- vincial Police (OPP), the Cornwall Commu- nity Police Service (CCPS), the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (AMPS), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the On- tario Ministry of Finance. During the course of the investigation, the CRTF-SOC team seized 11,615 cartons of contraband cigarettes, over 100 pounds of marijuana, more than $52,000 in Canadian currency, four firearms, seventeen vehicles and two boats that were involved in the commission of the offences. Two marijuana growth operations were also dismantled and the RCMP’s Integrated Proceeds of Crime Unit (IPOC) has obtained a court or- der to restrain a Cornwall residence which was used as a marihuana grow operation.
The following individuals were charged: Blake TRUDELL, 54 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Michael MORENCY, 24 years old, of South Glengarry, Ontario; Mark LAMOU- REUX, 48 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Stéphane BRISSON, 28 years old, Cornwall, Ontario; Ryan LAPIERRE, 23 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Josh GIBEAU, 25 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Kevin WALKER, 41 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Timothy WOODS, 41 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Bradford LAUZON, 38 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Steve JOHNSON, 27 years old, of Akwesasne, Ontario; Luc WHITE, 47 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Scott TRUDELL, 38 years old, of South Stormont, Ontario; Casey FRAAS, 18 years old, of Bainsville, Ontario; Josh LAFFIN, 32 years old, of Akwesasne, New York; Chad LAFFIN, 31 years old, of Akwesasne, New York; Robert MARTINEAU, 45 years old, of Morrisburg, Ontario; Rob- ert BRUN, 50 years old, of Ottawa, Ontario; Lloyd PILON, 66 years old, of Ottawa, On- tario; Gladys MULLIGAN, 40 years old, of Ot- tawa, Ontario; Lynn MEAGHER, 46 years old, of Ottawa, Ontario; Todd YOUNG, 39 years old, of Ottawa, Ontario; David MARSHALL, 47 years old, of Prescott, Ontario; Cory FLY-
NN, 42 years old, of Prescott, Ontario; Dani- elle JUBY, 36 years old, of Prescott, Ontario; Miranda LETCHER, 18 years old, of Prescott, Ontario; Christian SAUMIER, 18 years old, of Prescott, Ontario; Sonia BOUCHER, 44 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Deborah FRANCIS, 50 years old, of Akwesasne, Ontario; Joshua FRANCIS, 24 years old, of Akwesasne, Ontar- io; Lynn LABRECQUE, 45 years old, of Les Co- teaux, Quebec; Robin FLORES, 29 years old, of St-Zotique, Quebec; Donny CAMPEAU, 37 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Mike THOMPSON, 33 years old, of Cornwall, On- tario; Lam Tung LA, 51 years old, of Corn- wall, Ontario; Quach Ngoc LAN, 51 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Nathan RILEY, 23 years old, of Cornwall, Ontario; Quoc Vu BUI, 37 years old, of St-Hubert, Quebec. Project O-TITAN was initiated in 2012 and initially targeted individuals involved in the smuggling of contraband tobacco from the United States to the Cornwall area, and its distribution to various locations in Eastern Ontario. Through investigation, the police identified five separate groups operating together as required in the smuggling of contraband tobacco and in the trafficking of marihuana.
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CORNWALL | Nearly 40 people from Corn- wall, Bainsville, Ottawa, Prescott, South Glengarry, South Stormont, the Prov- ince of Quebec, and from the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory are facing numerous charges relating to criminal organization, smuggling of contraband tobacco, drugs, guns, forgery, and the proceeds of crime following a joint operation between vari- ous bodies. Last Thursday, on June 20, the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF), Serious and Organized Crime team (SOC) and its part- ners announced that they had dismantled a ring of criminal organizations involved in the trafficking of marijuana within Canada and the smuggling of contraband tobacco
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