An interprovincial drug trafficking investigation has led to the arrest of two males in Winnipeg and the seizure of medicine, money and different proof, police say.
According to a launch issued Monday by the Winnipeg Police Service, Ontario’s Durham Regional Police Service’s Gun and Gang Unit launched Project Hydrogen early in 2025, concentrating on drug trafficking linked to an Ontario-based gang generally known as “44.”
Investigators decided members of the group had travelled to Winnipeg to determine a trafficking operation.
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Durham police enlisted the Winnipeg Police Service Guns and Gangs Unit in August.
By October, investigators discovered specific courier companies had been getting used to ship illicit medicine from Toronto to Winnipeg.
Packages intercepted on Nov. 13 and Nov. 20 contained about 2,600 hydromorphone (opioid) capsules, with an estimated road worth of $18,900.
Police say an alleged “44” gang member from Ontario was recognized as facilitating the shipments.
On Dec. 11, police executed search warrants at a collection within the 1–99 block of Edmonton Street and an related automobile, resulting in the arrest of two males.
Investigators seized cocaine, hydromorphone capsules, money, cellphones, a slicing agent, pretend identification and drug packaging supplies.
The two male suspects, aged 19 and 21 and each of Scarborough, Ont., are charged with drug trafficking-related offences.
Police say each males had been detained in custody.
