In May 2025, the #OPP-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) and the OPP Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau began an intelligence-led investigation into the alleged trafficking of drugs in Thunder Bay and surrounding communities. On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, search warrants were executed at a hotel, two businesses and one vehicle in Thunder Bay by members from the OPP PGNG, @NAPS_Police and @TBPSmedia. Assistance was provided by @OPP_NWR Community Street Crime Units, including #ThunderBayOPP and #MarathonOPP. The following items with approximate quantities were seized as a result of the search warrants: • 1 kg suspected methamphetamine • 260 g suspected fentanyl • 40 g suspected cocaine • 7 g suspected crack cocaine • CAN$6,500 • Prohibited weapon • Cell phones • Digital scales The estimated street value of the drugs seized is more than $120,000. As a result of the investigation, a 29-year-old of Surrey, British Columbia, was charged with the following offences: • Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose • Possession of proceeds obtained by crime over $5,000 • Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine • Possession for the purpose of trafficking - methamphetamine • Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl • Trafficking - methamphetamine The OPP would like to thank the TBPS, NAPS and the @RCMPGRCpolice for their support of the PGNG program.