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70 Charges Laid Over Long Weekend during R.I.D.E. Program

The weather was hot over the long weekend… driving was not!

The GSPS Traffic Management Unit, Rural Community Response Unit along with R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) Officers were out over the long weekend targeting impaired and aggressive drivers. In four days, 70 charges were laid in Greater Sudbury.

A breakdown of those charges are as follows:

• Dangerous Driving – 1
• Assault Police Officer – 1
• Flight from Police – 1
• Impaired Drivers – 3
• Operate motor vehicle BAC over 80 – 3
• Stunt...

Loaded Firearm and Fentanyl Seized During Search Warrant on Adie Street

Two people are facing multiple drug and firearm related charges after the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) executed a search warrant in Sudbury.

On August 30, 2023, members of PGNG, in partnership with the OPP Sudbury Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, and the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) Intelligence Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence on Adie Street. This was part of an ongoing joint investigation which...

DEU seizes over $62,500 in drugs and two firearms during search warrant on Bulmer Avenue

This summer, Detectives from the Greater Sudbury Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) began an investigation into individuals believed to be trafficking illicit drugs in Greater Sudbury.

Shortly before 5:00 a.m. on August 30, 2023, members of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) along with members of the Integrated Crime Section (ICS) conducted a search warrant at a residence on Bulmer Avenue.

In total, officers seized over 135 grams of Fentanyl, over 80 grams of Cocaine, a handgun, a...

Seeking Victim and Witnesses to Come Forward After Violent Incident

UPDATE

At approximately 11:30 a.m. this morning, August 25th, 2023, members of our Criminal Investigations Division, Emergency Response Unit and Uniform Patrol located the man believed to be responsible for the violent incident that occurred on August 22nd, 2023.

Throughout the course of this investigation, the Greater Sudbury Police Service has reasonable grounds to believe that this incident was hate-motivated.

The man was arrested in the area of Brady St at Paris St in Greater Sudbury without...

Weapons complaint on Belfry Avenue

Around 8:25 p.m. on August 8, 2023, officers were dispatched to a weapons complaint on Belfry Avenue in Greater Sudbury.

The initial information was that a resident in one of the units had accidentally discharged a firearm and had shot a neighbour who was on the balcony.

Upon arrival, police located a man who had sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. He was transported to the hospital for medical attention.

Officers arrested a 61-year-old man at the scene without incident. The...