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Kingston Police and the Correctional Service of Canada battle organized drug trafficking operation

July 24, 2024, Kingston, Ont. – In January of 2024, members of the Correctional Service of Canada and members of the Kingston Police initiated a drug trafficking investigation into an inmate in the custody of the Correctional Service of Canada. The inmate was organizing drug trafficking within federal institutions as well as in the City of Kingston.

On May 16, the investigation dubbed project Khaki concluded with members of the Kingston Police Drug Enforcement Unit executing a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant. The warrant was served with the assistance of the Kingston Police Emergency Response Unit. As a result of this search warrant, police seized the following evidence which was believed to be not only bound for the streets of Kingston, but also destined for federal correctional institutions:

• 4 grams (5 kilograms) of Crystal Methamphetamine
• $680 Canadian currency
• 1 cell phone
• 1 drone
• Multiple miniature cell phones and sim cards
• Charging cables
• Multiple miniature digital scales, 1 regular sized digital scale
• Tobacco
• Marihuana
• Rolling papers

A 32-year-old male, incarcerated in the custody of the Correctional Service of Canada, was charged with conspiracy to traffic a Schedule I substance and conspiracy to commit the indictable offence of mischief endangering life.

A 30-year-old resident of Kingston was held in custody pending a bail hearing and was charged with conspiracy to traffic a Schedule I substance, conspiracy to commit the indictable offence of mischief endangering life, possessing Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, possessing property obtained by crime, and failure to comply with release order.

The successful completion of this investigation was made possible through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Ministry of the Solicitor General in which the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario supported this investigation.