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    OPP TO ANNOUNCE TWO SIGNIFICANT INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING LARGEST SEIZURE OF FENTANYL TO DATE

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    Opportunity for Interviews, Exhibits on Display

     (ORILLIA, ON) – Illicit drugs continue to pose public safety risks, and the impacts are devastating to the people and communities of Ontario. Join the OPP and partners for a media event that will outline the details of two separate, large-scale drug trafficking investigations including an investigation into the use of the dark web for drug trafficking – the first of its kind for the OPP – and a drug trafficking investigation that yielded the OPP’s largest seizure of fentanyl to date.

    Date:                     June 10, 2025

    Time:                     10:30 am

    Location:             Aviation Hangar – OPP General Headquarters: 777 Memorial Ave. Orillia, Ontario

    Livestream Link:  Ontario Provincial Police on YouTube.

    In-person interviews and photos will be available with the following:

    • OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique
    • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Peggs, Regional Commander, Central Region
    • OPP Acting Detective Superintendent Andy Bradford, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau
    • Hamilton Police Service Superintendent Marty Schulenberg, Investigative Services Division
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