Alleged drug dealer charged with manslaughter in Ontario overdose death
Farzam Jafari Roundsari faces multiple drug trafficking charges and manslaughter after an overdose death linked to his alleged drug sales in York Region, police said.
- On Aug. 21, 2025, York Regional Police arrested Farzam Jafari Roudsari of Georgina, charging him with manslaughter and multiple drug-related offences, police said.
- On Sept. 15, 2024, officers responded to a home near Bathurst Street and Ner Israel Drive area, Vaughan, Ont., where a man was pronounced dead and the Office of the Chief Coroner ruled it an accidental overdose.
- Police executed a search warrant at the suspect's residence earlier this month, seizing controlled substances and proceeds of crime, York Regional Police investigators said.
- Police say the allegations against Jafari Roudsari remain untested in court and they are appealing to the public for information via the #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau or Crime Stoppers.
- York Regional Police charged an alleged dealer nearly a year after the Vaughan overdose, underscoring ongoing investigations into overdose deaths; police urged tips to the #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau or Crime Stoppers.
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