On a Friday night, Kingston Police chose to bring into public view a raid that had unfolded earlier in the week, when officers searching a College Street building saw two men leap from a window and disappear into the city. The search, which spanned three apartments, yielded drugs police value at $448,000 and ended with two other men in custody, but the story is still unfinished: two suspects remain free, and the larger shape of the network they are believed to have served has yet to be fully drawn. It is one more instance of a familiar civic drama, the quiet trade in substances reaching the yo
Kingston Police Hunt Two Men After $448,000 Drug Seizure Across Three Apartments
Two men went out a window; two others were found inside.
Mark
Start with the number. Why does $448,000 matter?
Mimi
It tells you the scale. That's the value police put on what came out of three apartments, and it suggests this wasn't casual dealing. It came after two months of investigation into a specific group.
Luke
Careful, though. That's police's valuation. The release as reported doesn't say how much product there was or how the figure was calculated.
Mark
And the people involved?
Mimi
Four men. Larry Prinkosky and Sterling Wilson were arrested at the scene. Matthew Campbell and Matthew Wildsmith were seen going out a window and are still being sought.
Luke
Worth noting that police say they're believed to be in the Kingston area. Believed. That's not confirmed.
Mark
What's the student angle?
Mimi
Police say the group was selling large amounts of cocaine and crystal meth to many students. That's why this is framed as a community concern, not just a bust.
Luke
Again, that's the police account of the investigation. We don't have charges or court evidence yet, so none of this has been tested.
Mark
What do we still not know?
Luke
The charges, whether any were laid against the two fugitives, and whether more arrests are coming. The release doesn't say.
Der Puls
- Two suspects went out a window as officers arrived, and they are still unaccounted for somewhere in the city.
- A $448,000 seizure across three apartments has shifted the case from rumour to a concrete, costly haul.
- Police are hunting Matthew Campbell and Matthew Wildsmith while two men already sit in custody.
- The probe, two months in the making, targets traffickers who sold cocaine and crystal meth to students.
- Charges, links between the four men, and any further arrests remain unannounced, leaving the case open-ended.
On a Friday night, Kingston Police chose to bring into public view a raid that had unfolded earlier in the week, when officers searching a College Street building saw two men leap from a window and disappear into the city. The search, which spanned three apartments, yielded drugs police value at $448,000 and ended with two other men in custody, but the story is still unfinished: two suspects remain free, and the larger shape of the network they are believed to have served has yet to be fully drawn. It is one more instance of a familiar civic drama, the quiet trade in substances reaching the young in a university town, now pulled briefly into daylight.
Late on Friday, Kingston Police released word of a search that had gone partly wrong earlier in the week. Officers entering a residential building on College Street saw two men jump from a window as they moved in.
Those two men, Matthew Campbell and Matthew Wildsmith, are being actively sought. Police believe they are still somewhere in the Kingston area, and finding them is the immediate public concern of the release.
The raid did not end empty-handed. Larry Prinkosky was arrested inside one of the units and Sterling Wilson was found in another, both taken into custody on the spot. Across the three apartments searched, police seized drugs valued at $448,000, identified as cocaine and crystal methamphetamine.
The operation was the product of a two-month investigation into a group of traffickers accused of selling large quantities of those drugs to many students. The release does not yet say what charges the men face, how the four are connected, or whether more arrests are coming. For now, the focus rests on the two men who fled, and the case is likely to move forward as they are found and as charges become public.
Late on Friday night, Kingston Police sent out a news release about a search that had gone partly wrong earlier in the week. Officers had entered a residential building on College Street to carry out a search, and two men were seen jumping out of a window as they did.
Those two men are Matthew Campbell and Matthew Wildsmith. Police say both are actively evading arrest and are believed to still be somewhere in the Kingston area. Their names and the circumstances of their exit are the central public ask in the release: police want to find them.
Two other men did not get away. Larry Prinkosky was arrested inside one of the units, and Sterling Wilson was found in another. Both were taken into custody at the scene.
The search covered three apartments in all, and it produced a seizure police valued at $448,000. The release, as reported, does not break down the quantities or say how much of that figure came from each substance, but it identifies the drugs at the center of the case as cocaine and crystal methamphetamine.
The raid was not a spur-of-the-moment operation. Police describe it as the product of a two-month investigation into a specific group of drug traffickers. According to the release, that group was selling large amounts of cocaine and crystal methamphetamine to many students in the area. That detail frames the case: this was aimed at a supply network reaching young people in a university city, not at a single street-level sale.
What the release leaves open is considerable. It does not say what charges the two arrested men face, whether any have been laid against Campbell and Wildsmith, or how the four men are connected to one another beyond being present at or fleeing from the search. Police also have not said whether further arrests are expected as the investigation continues.
For now, the practical next step is the search for the two men who went out the window. Police believe they are still local, and the case will likely move forward as those two are found and as charges against the men already in custody become public.
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Both parties are actively evading arrest by the Kingston Police and are believed to still be in the Kingston area.— Kingston Police news release
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