(WASAGA BEACH, ON) - Members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid numerous charges against a Toronto-area male.

On Thursday, October 27, 2025, members of the Huronia West OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with support from the Collingwood OPP CSCU, arrested a male suspect following a drug trafficking investigation. Shortly after the arrest, and with assistance from the Toronto Police Service 14 Division, officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Toronto.

As a result, the following items were seized:

• Quantity of Cocaine, Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone and Crystal Methamphetamine
• A loaded handgun, extended magazine, handgun accessories and rounds of firearm ammunition
• A ballistic vest
• Quantity of Canadian and United States currency
• Items consistent with drug trafficking

Benyam NEGASH, 31, from Toronto was charged with:

• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of prohibited firearm with ammo
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Occupant of a motor vehicle knowing there is a firearm
• Possession of prohibited device or ammunition
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking (four counts)

The accused is being held for a Bail Hearing with the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on October 27, 2025.