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--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dorin Baldor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/233032 http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/pdfs/12168.pdf Toronto Drug Squad Project Mascinzana/Osigns, 29 Criminal Code search warrants executed, 24 people arrested for drug and weapons related offences, More than 1,000 charges laid Broadcast time: 15:35 Thursday, July 5, 2007 Drug Squad 416-808-6100 In the fall of 2006, the Toronto Drug Squad - Major Project Section became involved in an investigation regarding the alleged activities of an Eastern European criminal organization exporting marijuana to the U.S. and importing cocaine from the U.S. As a result, the Toronto Drug Squad - Major Project Section combined resources with the RCMP, Canada Border Services Agency and the Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force from Detroit. This investigation centred around the transportation and distribution of cocaine and marijuana between British Columbia, Ontario and Michigan. During the course of the investigation, officers closely monitored the activities of this organization. It is alleged that: - there was a plan to kidnap a member of their organization they felt responsible for a lost load of marijuana, - officers intervened, preventing the kidnapping. Investigators from across Canada and the United States worked together, seizing large quantities of these drugs as well as American and Canadian currency. On Thursday, July 5, 2007, after an eight-month investigation, the Toronto Drug Squad assisted by partner agencies and coordinated with investigators in British Columbia, executed 29 Criminal Code search warrants at a number of locations in British Columbia, Toronto, Mississauga and York Region. They resulted in 24 arrests for numerous drug and weapons-related offences. ID: 12168 1 / 3 The investigators were assisted by members of the following law enforcement units: Toronto Police Service - Drug Squad, RCMP from Ontario and British Columbia, York Regional Police - Drugs and Vice Unit, Peel Regional Police - Morality Bureau, Canada Border Services Agency, Department of Public Prosecutions of Canada, Sterling Heights P.D. - Sterling Heights, Michigan, O.P.P. - Windsor - Intelligence and Drug Unit, Detroit - I.C.E. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Detroit D.E.A. Task Force. Seized during this investigations: 1) 1,000 pounds of marijuana, valued at $3,000.000, 2) one kilogram of cocaine valued at $30,000, 3) $487,000 in Canadian currency, 4) $41,000 in American currency, 5) three handguns, 6) two stolen vehicles valued at $50,000. Arrested are: 1) Stefan Karpacs, 36, of Toronto, 2) Hassan Abboud, 35, of Vaughan, 3) Edward Segal, a.k.a. Mircea Bobic, 32, of Toronto 4) Remus Petran, 22, of Toronto, 5) Armand Alexander, a.k.a. Vasile Miron, Vasile Tatar, or Alexander Miron, 37 of Toronto, 6) Aliona Ciumac, 23, of Toronto, 7) Ionut Orbulescu, a.k.a. Joe, 30, of Toronto, 8) Aurel Ovreiu, a.k.a. Chelu, 49, of Toronto, 9) Mihai Vornicu, a.k.a. Culita, 35, of Toronto, 10) Hussein Jammoul, a.k.a. Sam, 29, of Toronto, 11) Edvin Bejdo, 22, of Toronto, 12) Denis Profka, 27, of Toronto, 13) Mihaela Costache, a.k.a. Bella, 26, of Toronto, 14) Simona Climescu, 31, of Toronto, 15) Sandu Mandru, 33, of Toronto, 16) Silviu Cretu, 31, of Vaughan, 17) Calin Vesa, 28, of Toronto, 18) Gheorghe Solomes, 29, of Toronto, 19) Adrian Horia Grigoriev, a.k.a Andrew, or Andre, 26, of Toronto, 20) Renata Sirbu, 22, of Toronto, 21) Orges Muci, 28 of Toronto, 22) Stefan Antal, 29, of Toronto, 23) Armando Nushi, 31 of Montreal, 24) Vasile Butazar, 34, of Calgary, Alberta There are 60 sets of charges related to specific events. These charges relate to numerous conspiracies to export marijuana into the United States from various locations in Ontario, via various means including boats, tractor-trailers, cars and trains. ID: 12168 2 / 3 --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- End forwarded message ---
