Fentanyl Bust – Names Released

Source: OPP
Date: Fri Feb 7 07:11:47 MST 2025

(SUDBURY, ON) – Two Greater Toronto Area (GTA) residents are facing a total of 43 firearm and drug-related charges after a drug trafficking investigation in Sudbury.



In October 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) in Sudbury began an investigation into drug trafficking activity spanning various communities, including Sudbury, Parry Sound and Manitoulin Island.

On January 8, 2025, members from OPP OCEB, OPP Provincial Guns and Gang Enforcement Team, OPP Canine, OPP Highway Safety Division and the Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) Emergency Response Unit and GSPS Canine conducted a vehicle stop with two occupants suspected of drug trafficking.

As a result of the investigation, police executed two search warrants at a residence and storage locker in Toronto, seizing the following items:

Five firearms with magazines and ammunition
Approximately 850 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine
Approximately 750 grams of suspected fentanyl
Approximately 73 grams of suspected cocaine
500 grams of suspected methamphetamine
Approximately $100,000 in Canadian currency
Two prohibited devices
One body armour vest
Packaging materials
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is more than $200,000.

Anthony Eric DALEY-WILLIAMS, age 33 of Toronto, has been charged with the following 25 offences under the Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA):

Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm – five counts
Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition – five counts
Possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order – five counts
Possession of a prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order
Possession of a prohibited device contrary to prohibition order
Unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon
Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device
Possession of a firearm with altered serial number
Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition
Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on February 13, 2025.

Joan Claire GUCE, age 33 of Toronto, has been charged with the following 18 offences under the CC and CDSA:

Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm – five counts
Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition – five counts
Unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon
Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device
Possession of a firearm with altered serial number
Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition
Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on February 19, 2025.

Anyone with any information about the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illegal drugs or firearms should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.