It was 11:35 at night when the drone with the package marked “HITMAN” was seen hovering over the limestone walls of Collins Bay Institution in Kingston. Such sightings aren’t uncommon. An Access to Information search by the Star found there were 27 reported incidents in… Read More »Smugglers’ drones buzzed this Kingston prison dozens of times in 2019, Star finds
Nova Scotia says two men have been charged after an investigation led to the seizure of illegal cigarettes in Halifax. On Monday, Halifax Regional Police searched a commercial property on Bedford Highway. Police seized 240,000 illegal cigarettes, with an estimated provincial tax value of $71,000… Read More »Pair facing charges after 240,000 illegal cigarettes seized in Halifax – Halifax
More than $665,000 worth of contraband was seized from Warkworth Institution during the month of September, the Correctional Service Canada reports. In a release issued on Friday, the CSC stated a “significant” quantity of contraband was seized in the medium-sized federal prison about 60 kilometres… Read More »More than $665,000 in contraband seized at Warkworth Institution in September – Peterborough
It’s being called the single biggest seizure of contraband cigarettes in the history of the Manitoba Finance Taxation Special Investigations Unit. Brandon, Man., police say a joint investigation between authorities in Ontario and Manitoba culminated last Wednesday in four arrests and the seizure of over… Read More »Enormous seizure of contraband tobacco part of growing trend in Manitoba, authorities say
A Mississauga pusatgame man and a 70-year-old American have been charged in the second wave of arrests in an OPP-led crackdown on contraband cigarettes and cannabis. The arrests come less than two months after seven men from the Greater Toronto Area were hit with murder… Read More »Two more men charged in cross-Canada contraband cigarette bust
Kingston Police, the OPP and officers with the correctional service of Canada spent Tuesday searching the Collins Bay Institution property for a downed drone, believed to have been used in an alleged attempt to deliver contraband over the prison walls. According to the OPP, a… Read More »Drone sighting at Kingston, Ont., prison sparks all day search – Kingston