by Sam Cooper
June 11, 2025
OTTAWA — In a pair of sweeping investigations unveiled yesterday, the Ontario Provincial Police announced the largest fentanyl seizure in the force’s history—more than 43.5 kilograms of deadly synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, carfentanil, and precursor substances—enough to generate over 435,000 potentially lethal street doses. Nearly 20 suspects were arrested and more than 200 criminal charges laid in connection with the operations, codenamed Project Bionic and Project Golden.
The twin probes targeted sophisticated fentanyl trafficking networks that stretched across southern Ontario, extending northeast into the nation’s capital, Ottawa, and penetrating the national mail and courier systems. The seizures—made in locations ranging from Hamilton-area homes to Ottawa postal depots—come amid mounting warnings from U.S. security officials that Canadian territory is increasingly being exploited by Mexican and Chinese cartel networks, often intertwined with Iranian state-aligned trafficking and laundering operations.
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