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Annual Search and Rescue Training – Nelson Lake Road Area – June 3, 2025

The Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) will be conducting its annual Search and Rescue (SAR) training exercise on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in the Nelson Lake Road area. Residents and visitors should expect a significant presence of police personnel and trained volunteers throughout the day.

Participants from GSPS Search and Rescue, North Shore Search and Rescue, and Sudbury’s Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (SUDSAR) will simulate a coordinated response to a missing person in a remote...

Missing person 39-year-old, Parisa located deceased

Shortly after 2:05 p.m. on May 21, 2025, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and GSPS K9 Units were in the area of the Junction Creek trail at Kelly Lake Road as part of the ongoing search efforts for missing person, 39-year-old, Parisa, when OPP cadaver dog, Scout located a body in Junction Creek.

A postmortem was conducted on May 23, 2025, through the Coroner’s Office to assist in confirming the identity of the individual and the cause of death. Through the postmortem it has been confirmed that...

DEU detectives seize loaded handgun and $63,000 worth of drugs during warrant

On May 22, 2025, detectives from the Greater Sudbury Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) concluded an investigation into individuals from Southern Ontario wanted on outstanding arrest warrants.

As a result of the investigation, detectives with the assistance of the Emergency Response and K9 Units executed a warrant to enter a dwelling on Whittaker Street. Two individuals from Southern Ontario were taken into custody and a third individual, a youth was detained at the residence. 

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Officers arrest 27-year-old, man for murder – Lansdowne Street Homicide

UPDATE 3

Through the ongoing investigation into the murder of the 21-year-old, man on Lansdowne Street on April 6, 2025, officers identified the person believed to be responsible for the attack. Detectives in the Major Crime Section of our Criminal Investigation Division applied for and were granted an arrest warrant for 27-year-old, Joseph Alba from Southern Ontario.

Shortly after 2:00 p.m. on May 21, 2025, Detectives from GSPS with the assistance of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)...

Officers investigating suspicious fire at vacant building on Paris Street

Around 10:00 p.m. on May 21, 2025, our 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centre (ECC) received a call from a City of Greater Sudbury Municipal Law Enforcement Officer regarding a structure fire at a vacant building on Paris Street.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services were dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fire while GSPS officers were dispatched to provide traffic control while firefighters were on scene.

Additional information provided was that multiple individuals were seen running from the...