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Police Fear More Victims – Human Trafficking Investigation Leads to Firearm & Cash Seizure

The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) has made an arrest and laid multiple charges following a six month human trafficking investigation.

In March of 2025 investigators with the HRPS Human Trafficking Unit began an investigation into allegations an adult female victim was being exploited by the accused for financial gain, while the victim was being trafficked in the sex trade throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

On September 22, 2025, the HRPS executed a criminal code search warrant at an Oakville residence where the accused was arrested and the following items seized:

  • Polymer 80 Glock style pistol
  • Prohibited magazine with multiple rounds of ammunition
  • Approximately $7500.00 in cash
  • Electronic and cellular devices
  • Other items of evidentiary value

As a result of the investigation Thomas Jeffers, alias “Tommy”, (41) of Oakville, has been charged with the following:

  • Procuring
  • Receive Material Benefit from Sexual Services
  • Possession of Property Obtained by Crime – Over $5000
  • Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
  • Possession of Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
  • Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose- Firearm
  • Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose – Prohibited Device
  • Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon
  • Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm

Jeffers has been held in custody pending a bail hearing in Milton.

The HRPS receives provincial funding and is part of the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS). The successful completion of this investigation was made possible through funding provided by the Government of Ontario, Ministry of the Solicitor General, through the IJFS.

The HRPS would like to thank members of the Peel Regional Police Services’ Vice Unit for their assistance in this investigation.

Investigators believe there may be additional victims and a photo of the accused has been attached to this media release. Anyone with information, or anyone who has been victimized by the accused is asked to contact Detective Scott Heyerman of the Human Trafficking Unit at 905-825-4747 ext. 4973.

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Oakville OPP Police Press Releases

9 Year Old Fatally Ejected From Vehicle

(OAKVILLE, ON) – Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division (HSD) Burlington Detachment are investigating a single vehicle rollover collision that occurred on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) westbound, approaching Burloak Drive in the Town of Oakville.   

On Monday, January 13, 2025, just after midnight, a pickup truck was travelling westbound on the QEW when it entered the ditch. The vehicle rolled before coming to rest upright. The driver, a 38-year-old from Hamilton was transported to hospital and remains there with serious injuries, a 9-year-old passenger was ejected from the vehicle and transported to hospital without vital signs, he was pronounced deceased in hospital. Another 28-year-old passenger was not injured and remained at the scene.

Members of the HSD Traffic Support Unit are assisting with the investigation, the QEW westbound lanes were closed from Bronte Street for approximately six hours. The potential lack of seatbelt use is being investigated as a contributing factor in the collision.  

Any witnesses are asked to contact the Burlington Detachment at (905) 681-2511.

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Oakville

$630,000 Drug Bust

(OAKVILLE, ON) – More than 11.5 kilograms of suspected cocaine and 123 kilograms of cannabis has been seized after a joint forces Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) investigation.

The Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Peel Regional Police (PRP), Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commenced this investigation in February 2024 after information led them to a network of individuals involved in drug trafficking, including the exportation of illegal cannabis and suspected cocaine.

In May 2024, two search warrants were executed, where the investigative team seized a total of 11.5 kilograms of suspected cocaine and 123 kilograms of illegal cannabis concealed within shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. The estimated street-value of the drugs seized is $630,000.

On June 27, 2024, members from the BEST executed seven search warrants in Niagara Falls, Oakville, Brampton and Kitchener with the assistance of the OPP Provincial Asset Forfeiture Unit (PAFU), OPP-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG), OPP-led Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU), OPP Urban Search & Rescue, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & Explosive Response Team (UCRT), OPP Digital Forensics and uniform members from the Cambridge, Niagara and Mississauga OPP Detachments as well as CBSA, PRP, TPS and the RCMP.

Darko TAMBUR, age 37 of Niagara Falls, and Damir DEDIC, age 53 of Kitchener, have each been charged with the following offences contrary to the CDSA and Cannabis Act:

  •         Trafficking Schedule I Substance
  •         Exporting Schedule I Substance
  •         Importing and Exporting Cannabis

TAMBUR was arrested and released and is scheduled for a first appearance on August 12, 2024, in Milton. An arrest warrant has been issued for DEDIC.

The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information about suspicious cross-border activity, please contact the CBSA Border Watch Line at 1-888-502-9060.