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Hits & Jams DJ wanted in Canada – fingered in US$12.2M cocaine bust, and arms smuggling ring

 

LOCAL entertainer and disc jockey (DJ) Dwidth Ferguson of the popular Georgetown-based entertainment company Hits and Jams is reportedly wanted by Canadian law enforcement after he was fingered in a cocaine and guns trafficking ring that has thus far seen twelve persons, including two women, arrested.The investigation in Canada, dubbed ‘Project Monto’, involves the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), York Regional Police, Peel Regional Police, Toronto Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, as well as various law enforcement agencies from the United States.

 

News reports out of Canada said ten men and two women from Milton, Mississauga, Oakville, Vaughan and Toronto were taken into custody without incident. They face charges that include importation of cocaine, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and conspiracy.


According to the media reports, twelve persons were arrested in a bust that uncovered a drugs and guns smuggling ring, and they are looking for a 13th person. That person was listed as Guyanese Entertainer Dwidth Ferguson.

 

“A 13th suspect, 32-year-old Dwidth Ferguson of Georgetown, Guyana, is still outstanding and wanted for importation and trafficking charge,” a report from CP24.com stated.

 

Ontario Provincial Police Chief, Supt. Rick Barnum, told media operatives in Canada: “We’ll get him…it will just take a little bit of time.”


Twelve people arrested across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) face a total of 46 charges in connection with a year-long investigation that saw cocaine, prescription pills and handguns smuggled into Ontario from the United States and the Caribbean, the news report stated.

 

Barnum said it was since back in 2014 that they observed drugs arriving at Canada’s Pearson International Airport in luggage and other containers aboard planes arriving from California, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia and Guyana. Most of the drugs were to be sold in the GTA-area, but some were shipped onwards to Newfoundland and Labrador.

 

They also stated that, over the very same period, handguns traced back to Florida were taken into Canada, also via Pearson International Airport, based on the reports which quoted Barnum.


The reports also featured the guns which were seized as part of the operation as well as the drugs, all of which transited a Canadian airport.


A number of search warrants were conducted earlier this week in and around the GTA, leading to the seizure of 22 firearms, $146,000 in cash, four cars, and when combined with the hauls from three other related investigations, a total of 123 kilograms of cocaine. The wholesale value of the drugs seized is estimated to be US$12.2 million.

 

According to the news reports, the persons who were arrested by law enforcement are not low-level players in the guns and drugs trade, but are rather high-lever players in the operation, who it is suspected are responsible for the organisation and shipment of the illegal substances and weapons into the country.

 

Unconfirmed reports indicate that the wanted Guyanese DJ travelled recently to Canada, but the law enforcement there could not immediately lay their hands on him. The Caribbean and the United States and other border countries with Canada have been alerted about the interest which the law enforcement agencies in Canada have in the now fugitive Dwidth Ferguson.


The Canadian lawman went on to state that 100 or more officers tasked with conducting the investigation succeeded by “being there when (the suspects) let their guard down.”


“This industry of dealing drugs and firearms is really based on greed. Sometimes these folks are so greedy and think they’re so good at their game, but we’ll be there when they’re not,” he said.

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Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by Red Wine:

Was he invited to invest in Guyana? He can make a positive impact on the economy.  

Perhaps, by members of the government.

got his licenses from Jagdeo

FM
Originally Posted by RiffRaff:
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by Red Wine:

Was he invited to invest in Guyana? He can make a positive impact on the economy.  

Perhaps, by members of the government.

got his licenses from Jagdeo

1. Perhaps, a preliminary one.

 

2. But quickly converted to a secured and permanent one by members of the current government.

FM
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by RiffRaff:
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by Red Wine:

Was he invited to invest in Guyana? He can make a positive impact on the economy.  

Perhaps, by members of the government.

got his licenses from Jagdeo

1. Perhaps, a preliminary one.

 

2. But quickly converted to a secured and permanent one by members of the current government.

This is so moronic...

FM

CANU receives criminal info on wanted Hits & Jams DJ

http://guyanachronicle.com/can...wanted-hits-jams-dj/

 

HEAD of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh, confirmed to the Chronicle on Friday that CANU, and by extension Guyana, has been formally informed by authorities in Canada about the development in that country that links local Disc Jockey Dwidth Ferguson to cocaine and arms smuggling.Singh was, however, quick to point out that there is nothing else he could disclose about the matter, since local and foreign investigations are ongoing and he wishes not to say anything that can compromise the international investigation.

Wrapped bricks of cocaine seen in a photo from Pearson International Airport [CBSA photo)

Wrapped bricks of cocaine seen in a photo from Pearson International Airport (CBSA photo)

At the moment, 32-year-old Dwidth Ferguson is said to be a fugitive in Canada, where he arrived several days before the law- enforcement agencies in that country shattered the guns and cocaine- trafficking ring that he has allegedly been a part of.

 

According to the Canadian enforcement agency, Ferguson, like all other players who were arrested, is a key player in the cocaine and gun-running ring that has been smuggling the items into Canada.

 

Word broke locally on Thursday that the Canadian press was widely reporting the dismantling of the illegal ring in that country, and that Ferguson is the only person who has not yet been captured by the law- enforcement officers.

 

A senior police officer in that country has stated that the operation and investigation, which has been ongoing since 2014 to bring the ring down, was actually a collaborative effort of lawmen and women from several countries, and numbered in excess of 100 ranks.

 

It has long been rumoured that the owners of Hits and Jams Entertainment are associated with the drug underworld, but there has never been any really hard evidence to support that claim. Several years ago, the very Dwidth Ferguson, along with two others, was arrested and held in police custody here in Guyana for a quantity of cocaine which the police were able to intercept. In that matter, the two other persons were charged while Ferguson was able to walk free without any charges.

 

According to media reports out of Canada, 12 persons have been arrested in a bust that uncovered a drugs and gun-smuggling ring, and police are looking for a 13th person. That person was listed as Guyanese Entertainer Dwidth Ferguson.

 

“We’ll get him,” Barnum has said. “It will just take a little bit of time.” the Canadian senior police officer stated while addressing media operatives in that country.

 

Twelve people arrested across the Greater Toronto Area face a total of 46 charges in connection with a year-long investigation that saw cocaine, prescription pills and handguns smuggled into Ontario from the United States and the Caribbean, the news report stated.

Smuggled handguns are seen in a police handout photo taken on August 29 [CP24 photo)

Smuggled handguns are seen in a police handout photo taken on August 29 (CP24 photo)

A number of warranted searches were conducted earlier this week in and around the GTA, leading to the seizure of 22 firearms, $146,000 in cash and four cars; and when combined with the hauls from three other related investigations, a total of 123 kilograms of cocaine. The wholesale value of the drugs seized is estimated to be US$12.2M.

 

According to the senior Canadian law enforcement officer, “This industry of dealing drugs and firearms is really based on greed. Sometimes these folks are so greedy and think they’re so good at their game, but we’ll be there when they’re not.”

 

The investigation, dubbed ‘Project Monto’, involved the OPP, RCMP, York Regional Police, Peel Regional Police, Toronto Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, and various law- enforcement agencies from the United States.

 

“A 13th suspect, 32-year-old Dwidth Ferguson of Georgetown, Guyana, is still outstanding, and [is] wanted for importation and trafficking charges,” it concluded.

(Leroy Smith)

Django

Hits and Jams were tight with the crooks in office when they were in opposition. How many free concerts were given to them during the election campaign? How quickly people forget. Now canu will be instructed to turn a blind eye. 

FM

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