London Police Seize Record $2.7 Million Worth of Fentanyl, Close Down Home Drug Production Facility

Four Ontario men are facing charges after London police seized $2.7 million worth of fentanyl, and shut down a home drug production facility.

It was the largest fentanyl seizure in the history of the London police service. The investigation started in November 2024 with a tip from the community, police said during a news conference on May 28.

Police said they executed search warrants at six homes in London, North York, and Hamilton on April 29, resulting in the seizure of 34.67 kilograms of fentanyl; 4.66 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, worth an estimated $465,000; and 474 grams of cocaine, with an estimated value of $47,400.

Detective Sergeant Jon Meinen said officers also found equipment at one of the homes used to produce the drugs, including cooking apparatus, cutting agents, food colouring, digital scales, and more.

“Taken together, this evidence revealed a sophisticated and well-established operation, one that was seeking highly potent fentanyl, processing it with various additives, preparing it for sale and eventual consumption,” Meinen said during a news conference on May 28.

Meinen said it was a “well-organized operation.”

“They had everything from gas masks, which they’ve been changing air filters out of. So this was an operation where they themselves recognize the danger of the fentanyl and the lethality of it.”

Police also seized four handguns, one semi-automatic pistol, a silencer, ammunition, and extended capacity magazines and drum magazines, as well as $247,944 in Canadian currency and $5,526 in U.S. currency. Six vehicles were also seized, according to London police.

Two men from Toronto—Mark Barreiras, 44, and Sajid Bin Saleh, 23—along with two men from London—Jordayne Anthony Brown, 33, and Rohan Reid, 34—have been jointly charged with nine counts of possession of a restricted weapon or device, five counts of possession of a loaded or regulated firearm, five counts of careless storage of a firearm or ammunition, five counts of possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm, three counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, and one count of producing an illegal substance.

Barreiras has also been charged with three counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order, and one count of possession of a prohibited device contrary to prohibition order.

Reid has also been charged with one count of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order.

Barreiras and Bin Saleh remain in police custody, while Reid and Brown were released from police custody.

Police said the investigation was ongoing.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact police at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.