{"id":516224,"date":"2026-03-05T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516224\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:42:12","slug":"opp-seize-2-3m-in-fentanyl-charge-4-in-drug-trafficking-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516224\/","title":{"rendered":"OPP seize $2.3M in fentanyl, charge 4 in drug trafficking probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than $2.3 million worth of suspected fentanyl\u2014an amount police say represents roughly 180,000 potentially lethal doses\u2014has been seized as part of an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigation into an alleged drug\u2011trafficking network operating between Ontario and Alberta. <\/p>\n

Four people have been charged, and a Canada\u2011wide warrant has been issued for a fifth suspect, OPP said.<\/p>\n

The investigation, known as Project OLLIE, began in May 2025 through the Border Drug Interdiction Task Force (BDIT). Officers identified what they describe as an interprovincial network moving fentanyl between the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Calgary, Alta.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 10, officers executed a search warrant at a property on Albright Road in Brampton, Ont., where they seized 18 kilograms of suspected fentanyl along with several cellphones.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: OPP.<\/p>\n

Brampton man, 2 others from Calgary arrested<\/p>\n

Police arrested 20\u2011year\u2011old Navjot Singh of Brampton, Ont., who is charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence related to trafficking firearms and fentanyl, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, and three counts of trafficking fentanyl. He was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.<\/p>\n

On the same day, 23\u2011year\u2011old Attarvir Singh of Calgary, Alta., was arrested in Winnipeg, Man., on a Canada\u2011wide warrant. He is charged with conspiracy to traffic fentanyl, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking fentanyl, and three counts of trafficking fentanyl. He remains in custody and was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 24, OPP said 21\u2011year\u2011old Balwinder Singh of Calgary, Alta., was arrested in Alberta. He is charged with conspiracy to traffic fentanyl, trafficking fentanyl, possession for the purpose of trafficking fentanyl, and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000. He is also scheduled to appear in court on Friday.<\/p>\n

A Canada\u2011wide warrant has been issued for 21\u2011year\u2011old Manpreet Singh of Calgary, Alta., who is wanted for conspiracy to traffic firearms and fentanyl, along with four counts of trafficking fentanyl.<\/p>\n

Police are urging anyone with information about the wanted suspect or illegal drug and firearm activity to contact the OPP or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than $2.3 million worth of suspected fentanyl\u2014an amount police say represents roughly 180,000 potentially lethal doses\u2014has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-516224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-brampton","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}