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Gold theft triggers drug bust, OPP Superintendent Wib Craig looks over evidence seized in weekend raids - loaded guns, cash and six pounds of cocaine (...)
Gold theft triggers drug bust, OPP Superintendent Wib Craig looks over evidence seized in weekend raids - loaded guns, cash and six pounds of cocaine (...)

Gold theft triggers drug bust, OPP Superintendent Wib Craig looks over evidence seized in weekend raids - loaded guns, cash and six pounds of cocaine (...)

Date2/1/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gold theft triggers drug bust; OPP Superintendent Wib Craig looks over evidence seized in weekend raids - loaded guns; cash and six pounds of cocaine valued at $2 million - the followed a nine-month investigation.
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Evidence seized: OPP Superintendent Wib Craig looks over some of the evidence, including cocaine, gathered by police during two weekend raids in Metro
Evidence seized: OPP Superintendent Wib Craig looks over some of the evidence, including cocaine, gathered by police during two weekend raids in Metro
2/1/1988
OPP Superintendent Wib Craig heads undercover drug squad
OPP Superintendent Wib Craig heads undercover drug squad
1/14/1988
13 Machine-guns seized in raid, Acting on a anonymous tip, police raided a vacant midtown Toron house and seized 13 machine-guns today. The weapons, a(...)
13 Machine-guns seized in raid, Acting on a anonymous tip, police raided a vacant midtown Toron house and seized 13 machine-guns today. The weapons, a(...)
11/12/1969
Big bust: A drum set believed stolen from an Oakville church was among $500,000 worth of property recovered by Halton police who say they've cracked a major theft ring
Big bust: A drum set believed stolen from an Oakville church was among $500,000 worth of property recovered by Halton police who say they've cracked a major theft ring
7/18/1988
Seized Rifles: Deke McBrien of the Metro police firearm registration unit examines guns seized in a Scarborough raid last year, when police raised alarms over bank robbery rates
Seized Rifles: Deke McBrien of the Metro police firearm registration unit examines guns seized in a Scarborough raid last year, when police raised alarms over bank robbery rates
7/26/1990
RCMP Superintendent Ken St. Clair and Bob Burfield of Canada Customs yesterday display some of the 4,550 kilograms (10,000 pounds) of hash seized from(...)
RCMP Superintendent Ken St. Clair and Bob Burfield of Canada Customs yesterday display some of the 4,550 kilograms (10,000 pounds) of hash seized from(...)
5/14/1991
$1 Million auto parts seized, Automobile parts worth $1 million were seized in raids yesterday in Burlington and Mississauga, where Constable Mark Spa(...)
$1 Million auto parts seized, Automobile parts worth $1 million were seized in raids yesterday in Burlington and Mississauga, where Constable Mark Spa(...)
12/8/1975
Tools of trade: At an Elm Bank Community Centre press conference, Jennifer Phillips, left, and Bonnie Killam look at some of the knives and guns seized in drug sweep
Tools of trade: At an Elm Bank Community Centre press conference, Jennifer Phillips, left, and Bonnie Killam look at some of the knives and guns seized in drug sweep
2/6/1989
Ross Cairns with Device to help paralysis victims Touch of his chin triggers selectors to operate various appliances
Ross Cairns with Device to help paralysis victims Touch of his chin triggers selectors to operate various appliances
9/7/1972
Car blast triggers house fire. A family narrowly escaped death today when a mysterious explosion destroyed their Bough Beaches Blvd. home in Mississau(...)
Car blast triggers house fire. A family narrowly escaped death today when a mysterious explosion destroyed their Bough Beaches Blvd. home in Mississau(...)
1/3/1985
Peel Regional Police Detective Harry Wiwczaryk holds a rocket launcher, one of 2,500 prohibited weapons seized in co-ordinated, coast-to-coast raids
Peel Regional Police Detective Harry Wiwczaryk holds a rocket launcher, one of 2,500 prohibited weapons seized in co-ordinated, coast-to-coast raids
12/1/1972
392 pounds of evidence: Peel Regional Police and OPP officers held a news conference yesterday to announce the seizure of nearly $6 million worth of hashish oil found in 43 vegetable oil containers
392 pounds of evidence: Peel Regional Police and OPP officers held a news conference yesterday to announce the seizure of nearly $6 million worth of hashish oil found in 43 vegetable oil containers
11/24/1987