$50 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized, Nine Arrested in Largest Combined Drug Seizure in Peel Police History: ‘A Seismic Blow to Organized Crime”

Canada's Project Pelican: 7 Indian-Origin Men Held For Smuggling Cocaine Worth $48 Million

Nine people, including seven Indian-origin men, have been arrested in Canada's Ontario over the alleged smuggling of cocaine and possession of arms.

Record $48M Cocaine Seizure by Ontario Investigators Disrupted Transnational Crime Operation: Peel Police

A major transnational criminal network responsible for trafficking large quantities of cocaine into the Greater Toronto Area has been dismantled following the largest drug seizure in the history of the Peel region, police say. A year-long investigation by Peel Regional Police known as Project Pelican led to the seizure of 479 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $47.9 million and the arrest of nine people, Peel Police Chief Ni…

Six Indo-Canadians among nine arrested in Canada’s largest-ever cocaine seizure worth $47.9 million

The operation began in June 2023 when Peel police started tracking a cocaine smuggling ring using US-Canada commercial trucking routes.

$50 million worth of cocaine seized, nine arrested in largest combined drug seizure in Peel police history: ‘A seismic blow to organized crime”

The “Project Pelican” investigation led to a criminal network being dismantled, police said.

Regional Canadian Police Seize Nearly 500 kg of Cocaine at US-Canadian border, Arrest Nine

In the largest drug bust in the region’s history, the Peel Regional Police in the Greater Toronto area in Canada arrested nine suspects after seizing 479 kg of cocaine in Ontario with an estimated street value of USD 47.9 million, according to media reports. Police launched Project Pelican in June 2024 after having discovered a criminal network using commercial trucks to smuggle cocaine from the US into Canada across the border. Detective Sergea…

Project Pelican nabs nine in drug trafficking operation that used commercial routes

The Peel Regional Police in Canada arrested nine individuals as part of Project Pelican which they said is the largest drug seizure in the agency’s history. Peel police stated via press release that they “dismantled a transnational organized criminal network trafficking illicit drugs into the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).” The amount of drugs seized amount to nearly $50 million worth of cocaine. In June 2024, Peel Regional Police say it began inve…