Project Coyote Special Release ORGANIZED CRIME CHARGES LAID FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO TRAFFICKING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, FIREARMS Twenty-seven Individuals Arrested in Multiple Ontario Locations (ORILLIA, ON) – Police have arrested 27 people following a 13-month joint-forces investigation known as Project Coyote.  In January 2022, the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB) and the Toronto (TPS) and Belleville Police Services (BPS) began an investigation into the trafficking of controlled substances and

Special Olympics Polar Plunge Comes to Belleville On Friday, February 24th at 1:00 pm, members of the Belleville Police Service, Belleville Fire Department, Hastings EMS, Belleville Probation and Parole, and other community partners will be taking the plunge in the frigid waters of the Bay of Quinte in support of Special Olympics Ontario. The 2023 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Ontario kicked off on January 21st, 2023 and is occurring across the province with the final plunge taking place in Peel Region on March 25th, 2023. Next Friday, February 24th, 2023, Belleville will host the 3rd annual Polar Plunge in support of over 26,000

ATM THEFTS ATM THEFTS On 2 February, 2023 police received three separate reports of two suspects breaking into businesses and stealing the ATM. At 1:27am the first call was received to the Fresh Co. store on North Front street. The suspects were observed in what was believed to be a dark Ford F-250. Suspects entered the store and attempted to steal the ATM. At 2:00am, police received a call that the suspects stole another ATM from the Quinte Mall causing significant damage to the building. At 3:00am, police were advised that the suspects entered the bus terminal on Pinnacle Street, and they stole the