By Constable Sinderela Chung for Detective Sergeant Jennifer Cash
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Case #: 2025-472419

Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 3:07 PM

The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of arrests made in a Drug Trafficking and Cannabis Exportation investigation.

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, members of the Drug Squad with the assistance of the Emergency Task Force executed a Cannabis Act Search Warrant in the Warden Avenue and 14th Avenue area in the city of Markham.

It is alleged that:

the address was being used for the processing and packaging of cannabis, some of which was seized by the RCMP Border Integrity Unit being exported in suitcases to the United Kingdom
a quantity of cannabis, cannabis products and psilocybin were seized
the address, or persons associated to the address, are not registered with Health Canada for the production or distribution of cannabis
at the time the warrant was executed, there was one person located inside the address
Che Javier Germaine, 21, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

Possession of one or more classes or more than 30g of dried Cannabis
Possession for the purpose of Distributing Cannabis
Possession of a Schedule III Substance for the purpose of trafficking
He is scheduled to appear in court at the Ontario Court of Justice, 10 Armoury Street, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., in room 1001.

On Thursday, March 6, 2025, members of the Drug Squad with the assistance of the Emergency Task Force executed four Cannabis Act Search Warrants in the Parklawn Road and Lakeshore Boulevard West and Highway 427 and Bloor Street West areas.

It is alleged that:

the addresses were identified as being associated to persons involved in the trafficking network
a quantity of drugs, drug packaging, and proceeds of crime were seized at the various addresses
a female was found to be in possession of two loaded firearms
Kia Walters Mclean, 23, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

two counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
two counts of Possession of a Firearm knowing possession is unauthorized
two counts of Store Firearm Carelessly
two counts of Possess a Loaded Regulated Firearm
Possession of a Prohibited Device
Possession of Proceeds of Crime Under $5000
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of trafficking
Possession for the purpose of Distributing Cannabis
She was scheduled to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in room 402.

Stephen Samari, 35, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

two counts of Knowingly Distribute Illicit Cannabis
two counts of Conspiracy to Commit an Indictable Offence 
Possession of Proceeds of Crime Over $5000
two counts of Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of trafficking 
He was scheduled to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in room 402.

Images of the products and firearms seized have been released.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-6100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.

https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/62298/

Arrests (Che Javier Germaine, Kia Walters Mclean & Stephen Samari) made and Firearms Seized in a Drug Trafficking Investigation, Images Released