RCMP Charge 3 in Alleged $5.5M Mail-Order Cannabis Network in Ottawa

Three Ottawa residents have been charged after an RCMP investigation into an alleged illicit cannabis distribution network that police say used an online storefront and the mail to ship cannabis and psilocybin products across Canada from two homes in south Ottawa. Officers searched the two residences on March 10, 2026, and seized goods the RCMP values at more than $5.5 million.

Intercepted parcel led to investigation

According to the RCMP, the two-month investigation by its Ontario Serious and Organized Crime Unit began when Canada Post intercepted a suspicious parcel bound for the Northwest Territories that contained a large quantity of cannabis products. Investigators said that package led them to a broader mail-based distribution operation.

Police allege the network relied on a website known as Culture Cannabis Canada to take orders and send dried cannabis, edibles, vapes, hash and psilocybin to customers in multiple provinces and territories.

What police seized

During the March 10, 2026 searches at the two Ottawa homes, officers seized:

• About 485 kilograms of dried cannabis
• 36 kilograms of hash
• 18 kilograms of psilocybin
• More than 7,000 cannabis edibles and vape products
• Unstamped tobacco
• $115,360 in cash
• A vehicle believed to be tied to the operation

RCMP Staff Sergeant Martin Gauthier said many of the seized edibles were packaged in ways that could attract children.

Charges

The following Ottawa residents have been charged:

• Julie Michelle Langevin, 41
• Deepak Parmar, 33
• Isha Bhardwaj, 33

They face multiple counts under the Cannabis Act, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Criminal Code, including illicit cannabis possession and distribution, trafficking psilocybin, promoting cannabis to youth, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and possession of unstamped tobacco.

According to the RCMP's April 21, 2026 news release, all three were released on undertakings and were scheduled to appear in an Ottawa court on May 5, 2026. The charges have not been proven in court.

As of the original report, no court outcomes or additional arrests had been publicly reported.

Earlier RCMP case

In March 2025, RCMP in Ontario reported dismantling a separate network tied to large-scale illegal grow operations in the Greater Toronto Area. Roughly 17,000 plants were seized in that case, with an estimated annual production value of more than $16 million, and it involved alleged international export and money laundering.

This story was first reported by Lucas Casaletto for CityNews Toronto. Seizure figures, charges and court details are from the RCMP Ontario news release.