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Ottawa Police collecting personal hygiene products for women until December 11
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2022 04:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 24, 2022 9:35 am
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service and our partners Shoppers Drug Mart and Citron Hygiene are once again inviting Ottawa residents to help us collect personal hygiene products for women.
“Hygiene products are a monthly expense that some women in our community can’t afford,” says Cst. Dawn Neilly, organizer of 7th installment of the Purse Project. “With the increase in cost for goods, we expect more women to be facing difficulties.”
That’s...
Project Amethyst: Nine Crime Guns, 2.5 kg of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine seized
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022 08:50 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 18, 2022 8:50 am
(Ottawa) — On Wednesday, November 16th, the Ottawa Police Service Street Crime and Drug Units concluded an 8-month investigation into a local firearm trafficking and wholesale fentanyl distribution network.
Project Amethyst was supported through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario and has resulted in the arrest of four Ottawa men and one woman.
During the investigation,...
Project Amethyst: Nine Crime Guns, 2.5 kg of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine seized
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022 03:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 18, 2022 8:50 am
On Wednesday November 16th, the Ottawa Police Service Street Crime and Drug Units concluded an 8-month investigation into a local firearm trafficking and wholesale fentanyl distribution network.
Project Amethyst was supported through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario and has resulted in the arrest of four Ottawa men and one woman.
During the investigation, police seized:
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Suspect to identify in suspicious incident in Centretown
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 09:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 2:30 pm
(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Criminal Investigations Unit is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect from a suspicious incident in Centretown last month.
At approximately 4:40 pm on October 23, a woman entered a community centre in the 300 block of Jack Purcell Lane and began threatening the front desk clerk with a knife. The suspect then fled the centre on foot.
The clerk did not sustain any injuries.
The suspect is...
Robbery Suspect identified and charged
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 07:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 12:45 pm
(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit has identified and charged a man in relation to four separate commercial robberies.
Shayne STAPLES-CAVANAGH, 26, of Ottawa, has been charged with several offences relating to the robberies.
He is to appear in court today.
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Robbery Suspect to Identify
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 10, 2022 3:10 pm
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