Halton police bust drug trafficking network, four arrested

Halton police have arrested four people and laid over 20 criminal charges in connection with an investigation into a drug trafficking network.

The four-month long investigation – dubbed Project Cortex – targeted the network which operated in the region of Halton and the city of Hamilton.

Four search warrants have been executed over the last two months at residences in Burlington, Oakville and Grimsby.

The warrants resulted in the following items being seized:

• A loaded Glock 30s handgun with defaced serial number
• A loaded Glock 25 9mm handgun
• Two loaded magazines (hollow point rounds)
• An extended magazine
• Two boxes of ammunition
• 19.5 kilograms of cocaine
• One kilogram of fentanyl
• 100 ml of GHB
• 138 oxycodone pills
• 40 clonazepam pills
• 10 grams of crystal meth
• $42,750 Canadian currency

Police have arrested and charged the following individuals:

Ahmad Hassan (34) of Oakville

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking cocaine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking fentanyl
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking oxycodone
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking hydromorphone
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking amphetamines
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking clonazepam

Suber Liban (25) of Grimsby

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking cocaine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking fentanyl
• Trafficking a Controlled Substance cocaine
• Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition (two counts)
• Tampering with Serial Number
• Possession of Prohibited Device

Sarah Andersen (43) of Burlington

• Three counts of Trafficking a Controlled Substance (cocaine)
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking fentanyl
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking cocaine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking crystal meth
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking oxycodone
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking clonazepam
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking gamma-hydroxybutyrate

Duvontaye Gray (29) of Grimsby

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking cocaine

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the 3 District Street Crime Unit at 905-825-4747 ext. 2316