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You Have the Right to Remain Silent - You Do Not Have the Right to Purchase or Possess a Silencer

On January 27, 2020, the Canadian Border Service Agency (C.B.S.A.) intercepted a parcel being shipped through Canada Post from an exporter in China to an address in Greater Sudbury. C.B.S.A. Officers examined the parcel discovering a firearm silencer/suppressor sold under the disguise of a solvent trap or a fuel filter. 

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) has determined that devices with the following characteristics meet the definition of a silencer/suppressor;

• A metal tube that is...

25 Year Old Man Arrested and Charged with Multiple Child Pornography Offences

The Greater Sudbury Police Service Internet Child Exploitation (I.C.E.) Unit was notified by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) National Child Exploitation Centre in Ottawa after The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Centre in the United States identified an IP address located in Greater Sudbury uploading and accessing Child Pornography.

On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 members of the I.C.E. Unit and the Computer Forensics Unit with assistance from members of the Tactical...

Early "Snow" Storm After Police Seize Over Half Kilo of Cocaine

In November of 2019, the Greater Sudbury Police Service Integrated Crime Team (I.C.T.) working in collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (O.C.E.B.) initiated multiple investigations intending to disrupt drug trafficking operations entering and operating within the City of Greater Sudbury.

In January, a Drug Investigation was initiated in relation to a group of individuals trafficking illegal drugs in our community. On Wednesday, February 26, 2020,...

High-Risk Vehicle Stop Leads to Arrest of Five Individuals Connected to Shooting

Just before 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2020, we received a call regarding a Weapons complaint at a residential complex on Whittaker Street. The information provided was that a man had been shot and the person responsible had fled the scene.

Minutes later, Officers arrived on scene and confirmed that a 24 year old man had sustained a serious gunshot wound and was going to be transported to hospital by Paramedics. He remains in hospital in stable condition.

The Emergency Communications Centre...