Durham Regional Police have announced the results of a major drug and human trafficking investigation more than a 100 charges have been laid against more than 90 suspects as part of project Martini ctv’s Janice Golding with the details what you’re looking at here is just me my own documenting of things that I see every day and trying to change things Andreas leco shows us a long list of complaints and suggestions he’s raised with the city about rampant drug use and crime I have people going to the bathroom outside here and I have to clean it up the downtown oshaa business owner says the city lost its business Improvement area in 2021 because uh the downtown Corp has eroded so badly um I witness things every day that are atrocious you just see activity happening at night that people just kind of shrug their shoulders at a block away at be in tattoo artist B Watkin shares similar sentiments so we got cameras on our building we try our best to make sure that we’re safe on our end but in oshaa you almost have to expect it concerns like these are what prompted Durham Regional Police to launch project Martini for 5 weeks investigators targeted drug trafficking and human trafficking in ashaa Clarington Whitby and Ajax their work resulting in the seizure of about $600,000 worth of street drugs they include three kg of methamphetamine 1 kgr of cocaine 1 kgam of Fentanyl and $30,000 in cash I want to make sure that everybody understands that if you’re going to deal drugs in our city and the region of Durham you are unwelcome beond on that through the course of project Martini drps conducted 11 search warrants arrested 92 people and laid 113 charges police say project Martini also tackled human trafficking this project helped 62 different individuals access public health support programs and an additional 38 individuals to access support programs for sex trade workers area residents and business people say they’re very worried about trafficking in the community I’ve honestly seen it firsthand many times here in ashaa um and you know there will be a girl picked up I’ve seen men men pick up other men you know and then where where have they gone people get picked up all the time and disappear and then you don’t see them ever again I’ve seen it happen several times it’s it’s terrifying I’m stepping over top of bodies every day Andreas laco says he loves his City but not what’s happening to it there’s a direct correlation with a lot of the mental health issues and the drug use with human trafficking and drug use and I just find it all ties into the drugs and he says the vulnerable in the community need more than policing they need more supports Janna scolding CTV News
Durham police say they’ve made 92 arrests and laid 113 charges following a drug and human trafficking investigation in the region.
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9 years of Trudeau
It's normal all over Canada….
Names of the criminals?
The names are JB, KH, CS, AM, the whole Dem Congress and Senate members.
They will all be back on the streets tomorrow.
Keep voting liberal
Multinational corporations portions have gutted all our communities of hard earned, non-renewing wealth
Put them in prison for a long long time
Thank Putin
Sentence drug dealers to prison. And sentence addicts to treatment
Close the border to Mexican.. they are cartel or b more regulated laws.
Vote Pierre.
BUT PROSTITUTION IS LEGITIMATE! SEX WORK IS WORK!
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As usual, police is assigned to sort out the mess, created by the ministry of immigration
Most likely imigrants
This is Canada.
Do the right thing keep drug dealers and pimps in prison from arrest throughout court
More time in prison in Canada for drug possession that raping and trafficking a child.
Say the criminals names for the 133 charges.
sold out country
Remember folks, only the rich and powerful are the ones behind and the ones allowing this to go on.
diversity is our strength
You get what u vote for
Used to live in Ajax in the nineties. Saw it start to go down hill then. Too close to my house. So glad I moved my kids out of that cesspool when I did.