DOZENS ARRESTED IN DRUG GANG RAID

Nearly 40 people have been arrested and drugs, weapons and cash seized
following a three-month probe of an organized drug trafficking ring in
York Region, police said. An arrest warrant also has been issued for
Harry Hardgrove, 27, of Toronto, whom police said managed to escape
custody during the course of his arrest.

York Police said today the crime group had been operating in the Town
of Georgina, northeast of Toronto.

Altogether 152 charges, including possession and trafficking of
narcotics as well as possession of stolen property and weapons
offences, have been laid against both drug buyers and suppliers under
the probe dubbed Project 'HOME'.

York Police also seized 700 grams of cocaine, 922 grams of marijuana,
1,116 Ecstasy pills, 202 Oxycondone pills, 672 Prevacid pills and 180
grams of Psilocybin (magic mushrooms).

Three guns, including a sawed-off shotgun, were also seized by
officers as well as more than $60,000 in cash.