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DEU in collaboration with OPP-led Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team seize close to $39,000 in drugs

On March 22, 2024, Detectives from the Greater Sudbury Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) concluded an investigation into an individual from Greater Sudbury who was believed to be trafficking illicit drugs.

Detectives from the Integrated Crime Section with the assistance of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team arrested a 43-year-old woman from Greater Sudbury on drug charges. Detectives then executed three search...

34-year-old woman arrested and charged after Robbery on Lorne Street

Just before 9:50 a.m. this morning, March 21, 2024, officers were dispatched to a store on Lorne Street in relation to a Weapons complaint.

Information provided was that an individual had entered the store, approached the cash, displayed what was believed to be a firearm and demanded money and cigarettes.

No one was physically injured during the interaction.

The individual fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes.

The individual was located on Energy Court and placed...

Grand Theft Auto

Around 10:10 p.m. on March 17, 2024, officers from our Traffic Management Unit and Patrol Operations Division were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check on Bancroft Drive in Greater Sudbury when officers saw the driver of a dark pick-up truck intentionally attempt to evade the spot check. Upon seeing the police cruisers and officers, the driver made an abrupt stop by entering a driveway, waiting a short period of time, and then backing out of the driveway to travel in the...

Requesting assistance to identify individual involved in incident on Cedar Street

On January 16, 2024, officers were dispatched to an Assault reported after-the-fact. Information provided was that around 2:10 a.m. on January 13, 2024, a community member was outside an establishment on Cedar Street in Greater Sudbury when he was allegedly assaulted by an unknown individual. The community member was attempting to get into a taxi, when the unknown individual allegedly punched him in the head causing him to fall backwards into the street. The community member suffered minor...

Local contractor charged with Fraud Over $5,000

In January, Detectives from the Financial Crimes Unit of our Criminal Investigation Division began a Fraud investigation into an individual operating a local contracting business, Enhanced Pools and Spas.

Between March 2021 and October 2022, a community member paid close to $60,000 for the installation of a pool, however, the job was never completed, and the contractor stated that he had no intention of completing the project despite already receiving the funds outlined in the contract. As a...