Four men face eleven listed counts, each list including possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, after a joint Treaty Three Police Service and Dryden OPP operation near Wabigoon. Police say officers seized what they describe as a large quantity of suspected fentanyl, along with a large knife and an imitation handgun. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Durham police say Kane Booth, 25, of Pickering is wanted for first-degree murder in the April 30, 2025 death of Joshua Ibbitson, 47, of Newmarket, and that a Canada-wide warrant has been issued. Police say investigators have confirmed he has left the country. No charge against him has been tested in court. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

OPP say the Caledon Community Street Crime Unit seized about 600 grams of suspected fentanyl and $40,000 in a dark web shipping investigation that began with an arrest at a Mississauga Canada Post location. A 33-year-old from Mississauga faces 29 counts by a tally of the listed charges, and a 34-year-old from North York faces one. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Toronto police say seven people have been arrested and 82 criminal charges laid in an investigation that began with a man abducted near Finch and Bayview avenues on July 25 and targeted for his cryptocurrency. Three of the accused are Canadian Armed Forces members, and CP24 reports the police chief said the suspects have not been tied to any organized gang. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

New Brunswick RCMP say Campbellton officers searched a Val d’Amour Road residence after receiving information that a 66-year-old man was in possession of firearms while prohibited. Police seized what they believe to be fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, along with firearms and ammunition, and the man is charged with failure to comply with a release order and possession contrary to an order. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

York Regional Police have released video and asked the public to identify a suspect in two April incidents at the same Vaughan business near Islington Avenue and Kellam Street: an apparent accelerant poured at the front doors on April 18, and gunfire and a small fire on April 22. Investigators believe the same suspect was involved in both. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Quebec’s liquor board has suspended the liquor licence of the Houston resto-bar at Quartier DIX30 in Brossard for 21 days. Le Journal de Montréal reports the decision notes the repeated presence of people linked to organized crime, and cocaine sales on the premises. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Arsalan Chaudhary, who pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 and was sentenced to four years, testified at the Brampton trial of former Air Canada employee Parmpal Sidhu. He said a group in police uniforms abducted him in Pakistan and took the gold and cash he had left. Sidhu has pleaded not guilty, and the allegations have not been tested by a verdict. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Four Akwesasne residents have pleaded guilty in New Hampshire to conspiracy to commit straw purchasing of firearms and conspiracy to traffic firearms. U.S. agencies identified about 51 firearms potentially trafficked from New Hampshire to Canada, at least ten of them recovered at Canadian crime scenes. Sentencing is set for February 2027. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Ontario Provincial Police say the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team seized 5,260 illegal cannabis plants valued at $7.9 million, $1,900 in cash and a 2015 Lexus RX350 from a County Road 12 property in Greater Napanee. Six people are charged under the Cannabis Act and are due in court in Napanee on December 15. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Winnipeg police have charged Laney Sandra Nobiss, 45, with six counts after an SGS 1911 .22-calibre handgun was seized on Concordia Avenue. Two of the counts allege possession of a firearm, restricted or prohibited weapon, firearm part or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order. The charges are allegations and haven’t been tested in court. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Toronto police have charged Syed Raza with four offences, including arson and mischief, after Israeli flags in front of a church near Sunrise Avenue and O’Connor Drive were set on fire, CP24 reports. No injuries were reported. He is charged, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Ontario Provincial Police say the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team seized about 9,110 cannabis plants and 107.5 kilograms of processed cannabis from a Highway 54 property in Haldimand County. Two people are charged and a third person fled and remains outstanding. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

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Hamilton police say a firearm was discharged in the area of Green Road and North Service Road in Stoney Creek at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday, and that investigators believe it was a targeted shooting. The Shooting Response Team has the investigation, police are looking for a black Hyundai Sonata, and the release mentions no arrest. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

An unoccupied house on rue Lennox in Chomedey, Laval, burned for more than two hours early Saturday, and the fire service handed the file to Laval police. Courrier Laval calls it the third criminal residential fire in the city in six days. No arrests have been reported and no organization is named. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

A car burned in the driveway of a home on rue Papillon in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, and SPVM spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron says certain indications led police to think it was a criminal act. No trace of accelerant was found, investigators are examining surveillance footage, and no arrest has been made. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

A Toronto police spokesperson has told CP24 that Nasser Gholami, 47, of Brampton, charged by the CBSA with four firearm-related offences over two suppressors shipped from the United States, is a constable with seven years of service and is suspended with pay. He is charged, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Northwest Territories RCMP say the Territorial Crime Reduction Unit executed two search warrants in Inuvik, on Bompas Street and Bonnetplume Road. Iqbal Singh Dulay, 33, of Delta, B.C. is charged with trafficking cocaine and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and has been remanded in custody. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Over the past few days, most of our posts here were removed and we were unable to post. We were never given a clear reason, and we have been told nothing about any rule violation. Posting access has now been restored, and we are re-sharing the briefings that were missed, oldest to newest. Thank you for your patience. Everything we publish is still available in full, with sources, on our site. Visit Gangland Files

A Montreal-area man was arrested in November 2025 on a U.S. extradition request. U.S. prosecutors allege he acted as a hired hitman who helped the Wedding network carry out the murder of an FBI informant in Colombia. The allegations have not been tested in court, and he has not been convicted in that case. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Ontario Provincial Police say seven Kenora-area people face twenty-one counts between them after a downtown Kenora drug trafficking investigation by the Kenora Community Street Crime Unit and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau. Methamphetamine, hydromorphone, a replica firearm and cash were seized on October 6. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Winnipeg police say the North District Community Support Unit arrested Christine Alice Harriet Goodwin, 34, at a traffic stop near Victor Street and Notre Dame Avenue on October 5. She is charged with seven offences in the September 18 Toronto Street drive-by investigation, and Jason Fredrick Moar, 34, is wanted. The charges have not been tested in court. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

Rakhim Ibragimov, of the Toronto area, was sentenced to 68 months in U.S. prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to intending to distribute 375 kilograms of cocaine for transport to Canada. CBC reports the drug network is allegedly tied to Ryan Wedding, and that the plea deal itself does not mention him. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files

The Canada Border Services Agency says Nasser Gholami, 47, of Brampton is charged with four firearm-related offences after border officers in Mississauga seized two complete firearm suppressors from a parcel shipped from the United States. The Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team searched his Brampton home on September 24 and seized three non-restricted firearms. Read the full briefing on Gangland Files