Twelve people from Mississauga and Brampton are among 120 facing more than 660 charges following a year-long investigation into the Driftwood Crips, a street gang connected to several murders and shootings in the GTA.

The investigation, code-named Project Kronic, was led by Toronto police’s integrated gun and gang task force.

The Brampton and Mississauga residents arrested face a slew of charges related to organized crime, drugs and guns.

The Brampton residents are Shamar Myers, 23, Mahadale Mahadale, 22, Andrew O’Neil, 32, Amir Robinson, 21, Bradley Johnson, 33, Latrell Walker, 23, Shem Whittaker, 35, Abdalla Alamary, 36, and Jabarie Campbell, 26.

The Mississauga residents charged are Tiaven Brown, 28, Howard Burke, 54, and a 17-year-old who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

“I think we’ve made a significant dent,” Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told reporters during a lunch-hour news conference at police headquarters Thursday, June 15. “When you have an organization that has been so deeply rooted in violent criminal activity, it really does cause fear for the honest citizens to want to come out and enjoy their neighbourhoods, so hopefully this is an opportunity that there are other agencies and other entities that can now start putting programs in that place and we can continue the positive momentum.”

Saunders said the Driftwood Crips are comprised of a number of cells operating throughout Ontario and western Canada and have been involved in involved in homicides, shootings, kidnappings and firearms and drug trafficking.

The charges laid in the case relate to criminal organization offences, attempted murder, trafficking firearms, kidnapping conspiracies, firearms possession, robbery and drug trafficking.

The drugs seized include marijuana, heroin, meth, cocaine and fentanyl.