Seized cigarettes and pills in plastic bags. NOTTAWAGA Community Street Crime Unit. ONTARIO Provincial Police.
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Seized cigarettes and pills in plastic bags. NOTTAWAGA Community Street Crime Unit. ONTARIO Provincial Police.
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ADJALA-TOSORONTIO RESIDENT ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOLLOWING OPP SEARCH WARRANT


(ADJALA-TOSORONTIO, ON) - As a result of an ongoing police investigation, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from Nottawasaga Detachment, with assistance from Dufferin and Caledon Detachments, executed a search warrant at a residence on County Road 50 in Adjala-Tosorontio Township.

In early fall of 2025, Nottawasaga CSCU received information that the accused was trafficking drugs in the Town of New Tecumseth. Through surveillance and investigative techniques, officers observed activity consistent with drug trafficking and obtained a search warrant.

On November 26, 2025, officers from the Nottawasaga CSCU attended the residence shortly before 12:30 pm to execute the search warrant. Upon completion, the following items were seized:

  • Prescription medications, including Oxycodone, Lorazepam, Tramadol, and Trazodone
  • Approximately 14,000 contraband cigarettes
  • Drug trafficking indicia
  • $1,960 in cash

Investigators have arrested and charged the following individual under the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled drugs and Substances Act:

Tena CLARKE, 66 years old, of Adjala-Tosorontio:

  • Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - Other drugs
  • Trafficking a Schedule I substance - Other drugs
  • Trafficking in contraband tobacco

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on February 19, 2026.


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