The Toronto Airport Drug Enforcement Unit has busted a drug-smuggling ring that was using Pearson International Airport to import large amounts of cocaine into Canada.
A ten-month investigation dubbed "Project Oflyer" ended Monday with the seizure of high-end vehicles, more than $100,000 in cash and 10 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $1 million on the street.
In total, 13 people from across the GTA have been arrested and are facing a long list of drug-related charges.
Police believe the smuggling organization used toiletry bottles to import cocaine from South America.
Brampton resident Andrew Duncan, 39, has been charged with conspiring to import cocaine into Canada and a series of other offences under both the Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
His sister Debbie Duncan, 44, has been arrested in Atlanta, Ga., by U.S. Immigration and Customs Special Agents in relation to the bust. She faces weapons and drug charges under U.S. federal law.
Others charged in the bust include Toronto residents Edward Marsi, 36; Gerald Pinch, 33; Tania Sunday, 23; Joanna Ross, 25; and Alisa Grein, 25; Ajax resident Junior Wright, 36; Cambridge resident Megan Staats, 24; Barrie resident Denis Roussy, 41; Woodbridge resident Benny Bisogno, 26; Brampton resident Karen Stevenson, 38; and Mississauga resident Melba Anderson, 36.
They were all scheduled to appear in a Brampton court on Tuesday.
The police force that conducted the investigation included members of the RCMP, Peel Regional Police, Toronto Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police and the Canada Border Services Agency.
