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A large police presence and reports of loud bangs caused a commotion in the neighbourhood surrounding McBurney (Skeleton) Park in downtown Kingston as five people were arrested in a drug raid last week. The incident occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, when at around 4:25 p.m., members of the Kingston
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Editorial note: This article was updated on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 after more information was received from Kingston Police. Kingston Police have arrested two people after their search for a man wanted in relation to “multiple firearms related offences” led to finding that man with woman, and both were found
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A local woman and two men from the Greater Toronto Area are facing multiple charges after members of the Kingston Police Drug Enforcement Unit and the Kingston Police Street Crime Unit executed a drug search warrant on Barrie Street on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The three individuals were arrested in
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A building in downtown Kingston with an unsavoury history that precedes it has seen an even more steady police presence over the past 24 hours as officers secured the building and executed a drug search warrant. Kingston Police executed the warrant on the afternoon of Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2021 at
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A Kingston man is facing multiple charges after assaulting two police officers and resisting arrest after causing a disturbance in a downtown apartment building. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jun. 18, 2021, Kingston Police were dispatched to a downtown Kingston apartment building where there was a reported disturbance in
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On Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2021, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged two individuals with impaired driving in separate incidents in South Frontenac Township. Shortly after 1 a.m. on that same date members of the South Frontenac and Leeds Detachments of the OPP responded to a report of a
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A man and woman from Kingston are facing multiple charges after police investigating a collision ended up arresting them for drug trafficking. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jun. 11, 2021, officers with the Lennox and Addington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single vehicle
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An extremely toxic batch of drugs circulating in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region, prompting the local Health Unit to issue a warning to local residents. According to Public Health, drug toxicology reports from recent weeks indicate the presence of fentanyl, carfentanil, and benzodiazepine analogues in the local
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Five people from Kingston and Whitby are facing a litany of charges after a long investigation, Project Stokes, resulted in multiple arrests. According to Kingston Police, their Street Crime and Drug Enforcement Unity began Project Stokes in the fall of 2020. The investigation involved the assistance of the Provincial Biker
Read more Provincial Police in Tyendinaga township spent some unexpected time on the golf course recently. On the evening of Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, officers with the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on a golf course located
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A woman from Kingston and a woman from Napanee are both facing multiple charges after a traffic stop in Napanee led police to discover a list of offences. According to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP East Region Community Street Crime Unit stopped a vehicle on Centre Street in
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A local man and woman have been arrested and charged as part of a Kingston Police investigation into complaints of drug trafficking in the area of MacDonnell Street downtown. According to police, that investigating led the Kingston Police Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) to secure a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
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