Toronto Police Service reveals details of its largest-ever international drug bust

The Toronto Police Service is announcing the results of its largest-ever “international drug takedown” on Tuesday morning.

Chief James Ramer is holding an outdoors news conference at 10 a.m. ET. You can watch it live in this story.

According to a media release, Ramer is being joined by representatives from the Ontario Provincial Police, York Regional Police and the Canada Border Services Agency.

The six-month investigation, dubbed “Project Brisa,” ended in the seizure of more than 1,000 kilograms of illicit drugs and the arrests of 20 people, according to Toronto police.

Ramer told reporters that the investigation started in November of last year, and the quantities of drugs seized are “frankly staggering.

“The social cost that this amount of illicit drugs inflicts upon society is immeasurable,” Ramer said.

 

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