Police Stop Ecstasy Trafficking Ring

(Windsor, Ontario - October 12, 2006) - On Wednesday October 11, 2006 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Drug Section executed search warrants on two residences in Windsor and arrested ten persons.

The search warrants were a result of a six month joint investigation conducted by the RCMP and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Michigan. Canada Border Services Agency and the Sterling Heights Police Department also assisted in the investigation.

The investigation identified a criminal organization that was allegedly distributing Ecstasy tablets from the Greater Toronto Area to Windsor. Once the tablets were in Windsor, couriers would export the tablets across the border into the U.S. Personal vehicles and concealment methods were used.
Law enforcement officials intercepted approximately 55,000 Ecstasy tablets during the course of the investigation. Analysis of the tablets seized revealed that the Ecstasy tablets contained both Ecstasy and Methamphetamine.

“Cooperation has made it possible for the police and law enforcement to work quickly and effectively on trans-border cases such as this,” stated Staff Sargent Joe Kispal, the officer in Charge of the RCMP Windsor Detachment Drug Section. “ The results speak for themselves when we are able to seize illegal commodities on both sides of the border.”

During the investigations police identified an alleged conspiracy between two Windsor residents and three Toronto area residents to traffic in Cannabis Marihuana.

One Windsor man and one Toronto man arrested as a result of the investigation were also charged with conspiracy to traffic in firearms.

Charged are:

1) Mazin ODISH (Age 29)
Windsor Ontario

2) Jimis ODISH (Age 24)
Lauzon Parkway Windsor Ontario

3) Steven ODISH (Age 21)
Funaro Crt. Windsor Ontario

4) Adil ODISH (Age 51)
Funaro Crt. Windsor Ontario

5) Suad ODISH (Age 44)
Funaro Crt. Windsor Ontario

6) Ahmad HABHAB (Age 19)
Towers Rd, Scarborough Ontario

7) Kemel HAZIME (Age 20)
Victoria Park Ave, North York Ontario

8) Jason KIM (Age 19)
Beveridge Drive, Toronto Ontario

9) Maher AMROU (Age 19)
MaGuire Street, Windsor Ontario

10) Ahmad AMROU (Age 21)
MaGuire Street, Windsor Ontario

11) Ibrahim ALAWIEH (Age 19)
Hall Avenue, Windsor Ontario

12) Rabih OSMAN (Age 30)
Cabana Road, Windsor Ontario

13) Adam Wanklin (Age 22)
Drouillard Road, Windsor Ontario

14) Carlos DIAZ (Age 19)
Nadine Court, Windsor Ontario

15) Matthew THOMAS (Age 21)
Arras Street, Windsor Ontario

16) Mohamed HACHEM (Age 18)
Marion Avenue, Windsor Ontario

Also Charged are 9 Citizens of the United States.

1) Jeny MAQI (Age 30)
Woodward Heights, Hazel Park Michigan

2) Kimberly HUGHES (Age 39)
West Montana Street, Detroit Michigan

3) Alexandros HUGHES (Age 23)
West Montana Street, Detroit Michigan

4) Theodore HUKE (Age 21)
Plainview, Detroit Michigan

5) Wasem PETRUS (Age 25)
Michael Street, Sterling Heights Michigan

6) Maher SIKLAWI (Age 21)
Theisen Street, Dearborn Michigan

7) Donzell WILLIAMS (Age 67)
Rivard, Detroit Michigan

8) Allan ESTER (Age 64)
Fleming Street, Detroit Michigan

9) Sanan ATOU (Age 23)
Belcher Street, Sterling Heights Michigan

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RCMP Contact:
Cst. Annette Bernardon
Windsor Detachment
(519) 948-5287