11 | durhamregion.com | This Week | Thursday, July 21, 2022 oting oring The NameYou Can Trust Since 1959 www.doddandsouter.ca 1624 Dundas St. East, Whitby (905) 433-0080 Thank You For Nominating Us As Your Favourite Flooring Store! • Carpet • Solid & Engineered Hardwood • Laminate • Sheet Vinyl • Luxury Vinyl Tile & Plank • Cork • Leather • Area Rugs 101 SIMCOE ST. N., OSHAWA For more info. visit us at www.durhamregionmontessori.ca or call at: 905-728-3372 2021 DIAMONDS WINNER BEST OF THE DIAMOND WINNER 2021Montessori Preschool & Daycare Inc Thank You! BEST Daycare / Child Care BEST Learning Centre BEST Nursery School BEST Private School BEST Overall Service - Professional Services DURHAM REGION'S FOR NOMINATING US IN 5 CATEGORIES A drug trafficking investigation in Simcoe County has led to charges for six Durham Region residents. Eleven people have been charged with a total of 104 drug and firearm charges after officers carried out 11 search warrants last month in Springwater Township, Barrie and across the Greater Toronto Area, including Whitby and Ajax. The Ontario Provincial Police Central Region Community Street Crime Unit led 'Project Holcus', which commenced in April 2022, in partnership with the Barrie Police Service, in response to fatal and non-fatal overdoses linked to trafficking of crack cocaine and fentanyl in Simcoe County between Jan. 1, 2022 and June 6, 2022. As a result of the investigation, police seized 509 grams of fentanyl (the equivalent of 5,090 street level doses, according to OPP), 3,358 grams of cocaine, 33 grams of crack cocaine, 741 grams of methamphetamine, 347 grams of heroin and 1,446 unidentified prescription capsules. Police also seized $81,460 in Canadian currency, a money counter, cutting agent, four handguns, ammunition and a bulletproof vest. Four vehicles, 18 cellphones and eight digital scales were also taken by police. Daniel Robinson, 29, of Whitby, faces 15 drug and firearm charges, while Whitby's Kourtney Lammie, 23, has been charged with 23 drug and firearm offences. Also facing 11 drug and firearm charges is Kaprice Lammie, 26, of Whitby. DeShawn Chin, 26, of Ajax, was charged with eight drug and firearm offences while Nicholas Robinson, 30, of Ajax, is facing four drug-related charges. A sixth person from Durham, an unnamed 24-year-old Whitby resident, also faces 10 firearm and drug charges. Officers involved in the search warrant executions involved those from the OPP emergency response team, OPP tactics and rescue unit, OPP canine unit, Barrie Police Service, Toronto Police Service, Durham Regional Police Service, Peterborough Police Service, Peel Regional Police Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and York Regional Police Service. GUN, DRUG CHARGES FOR SIX DURHAM RESIDENTS NEWS SEARCH WARRANTS CARRIED OUT IN WHITBY, AJAX DIGGING DEEPER FIND MORE AT DURHAMREGION.COM Don't be a LitterBug! Please keep our community clean. Never miss a deal with your shopping list on Save.ca. Selected items are sorted by store, making your day-to-day shopping experience a real money saver. Shopping locally is the best way to support our communities. And saving locally makes it even better! Find big deals close to home with save.ca. We made it easier than ever to find the deals you're looking for. Save.ca's bountiful search results let you comparison shop to get the best buy. A lot of little things can add up to big things. It all adds up. Start saving today at: That's the thinking behind the new save.ca.