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Aug 29, 2023 6:30 PM - The Canadian Press
Police have laid a dozen new charges against an Ontario man.
The police have framed 12 charges against the accused who sold deadly substances to people who wanted to harm themselves.
Peel Regional Police has revealed that a week ago, British police revealed they were investigating the deaths of 88 people in the UK who bought products from Canada-based websites.
These products were deadly to people.
Police across the state assisted in the investigation of the matter.
The investigation begun when a Canadian man named Kenneth Law was arrested.
Law is accused of selling sodium nitrite using various websites.
Investigators say the new allegations are linked to four deaths in Toronto, three in York Region, one in Durham Region, one in London, Ontario, one in Thunder Bay, one in Waterloo and another in Peel Region.
Inspector Simon James says that the victims of these cases hailed from across the province and their age is between 16 and 36 years.
Law is suspected of sending at least 1,200 packages to more than 40 countries, police said.
Officials of America, Italy, Australia and New Zealand have also started investigation in this matter.
