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\u00a0Dark-Web trafficking network used Canada Post to ship drugs OPP say Ontario Provincial Police have shut down a drug ring that allegedly used the dark web and Canada Post to ship more than $2.5 million in illicit drugs across the country. \u00a0In a news conference on Tuesday, (June 10) OPP said they believed\u00a0 the drugs were to be shipped to \u201cmarketplace\u201d buyers in British Columbia, Nunavut, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. \u00a0Dubbed Project Bionic it is the OPP’s\u00a0 first-of-its-kind investigation into the alleged criminal network. The investigation was launched in November 2024 and by\u00a0 March 10, OPP officers arrested two suspects at a Ottawa Canada Post office\u00a0 location where they seized 86 packages\u00a0 contained various drugs that police beleived were being shipped nationwide…. <\/p>\n

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\u00a0Dark-Web trafficking network used Canada Post to ship drugs OPP say Ontario Provincial Police have shut down a drug ring that allegedly used the dark web and Canada Post to ship more than $2.5 million in illicit drugs across the country. \u00a0In a news conference on Tuesday, (June 10) OPP said they believed\u00a0 the drugs were to be shipped to \u201cmarketplace\u201d buyers in British Columbia, Nunavut, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. \u00a0Dubbed Project Bionic it is the OPP’s\u00a0 first-of-its-kind investigation into the alleged criminal network. The investigation was launched in November 2024 and by\u00a0 March 10, OPP officers arrested two suspects at a Ottawa Canada Post office\u00a0 location where they seized 86 packages\u00a0 contained various drugs that police beleived were being shipped nationwide.... <\/p>\n

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