Toronto Drug Squad executes six search warrants, More than 50 kilos of drugs with street value of almost $2 million seized

Toronto Police Service News Release

Toronto Drug Squad executes six search warrants, More than 50 kilos of drugs with street value of almost $2 million seized, Five men facing 59 drug-related charges

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 3:12 PM
Drug Squad:  416-808-6100

The Toronto Police Service would like to advise the public of several arrests in a major drug investigation.

Overnight on Monday, October 28, 2013, officers from the Toronto Drug Squad's Major Cocaine Section executed six search warrants in connection with a two-week investigation into an alleged illegal drug distribution network.

Warrants were executed at addresses in the following Toronto areas:

- Park Lawn Road and Lakeshore Boulevard West
- Bathurst Street and Lakeshore Boulevard West
- Spadina Avenue and King Street West
- River Street and Dundas Street East

Warrants were executed at addresses in the following areas in York Region:

- Warden Avenue and Steeles Avenue East
- Bayview Avenue and Weldrick Road

It is alleged that, in the course of executing the warrants, officers located and seized the following (weights are approximate):

- 2 kilos of cocaine (street value of approximately $200,000)
- 1 kilo of ketamine (street value of approximately $80,000)
- 30 kilos of marihuana (street value of approximately $580,000)
- 17.5 kilos of MDMA (street value of approximately $1,000,000)
- 300 grams of heroin (street value of approximately $60,000)
- 60 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine (street value of approximately $6,000)
- officers also located and seized approximately $90,000 cash as proceeds of crime.

Rico Batak, 25, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1. three counts of Possession for the Purpose - Marihuana
2. three counts of Possession for the Purpose - MDMA
3. two counts Possession for the Purpose - Cocaine
4. two counts Possession for the Purpose - Ketamine
5. two counts Possession for the Purpose - Heroin
6. Possession for the Purpose - Crystal Methamphetamine
7. five counts of Possession of Proceeds of Crime

Mustafa Farouk, 25, of Richmond Hill, has been charged with:

1. three counts of Possession for the Purpose - Marihuana
2. three counts of Possession for the Purpose - MDMA
3. two counts Possession for the Purpose - Cocaine
4. two counts Possession for the Purpose - Ketamine
5. two counts Possession for the Purpose - Heroin
6. Possession for the Purpose - Crystal Methamphetamine
7. five counts of Possession of Proceeds of Crime

Kyle Edwardh-Turrell, 41, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1. three counts of Possession for the Purpose - Marihuana
2. three counts of Possession for the Purpose - MDMA
3. five counts of Possession of Proceeds of Crime

Adam Wookey, 29, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1. two counts of Possession for the Purpose - Marihuana
2. two counts of Possession for the Purpose - MDMA
3. two counts of Possession of Proceeds of Crime

Gabriel Pretto-Viani, 29, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1. two counts of Possession for the Purpose - Marihuana
2. two counts of Possession for the Purpose - MDMA
3. two counts of Possession of Proceeds of Crime

All five accused were scheduled to appear in court today at Old City Hall, 10 a.m., room 103.

Constable Sarah Diamond, Corporate Communications, for Detective John Zeleny, Organized Crime Enforcement - Drug Squad