Seven people have been arrested following a seven-month police operation that netted assault rifles, handguns and more than $1.7 million in illicit drugs and led to 83 charges against a stateless Ottawa man. Project Landslide was intended to break up an "illegal weapons and drug operation" in the Ottawa area, Ontario Provincial Police said in a statement Wednesday. Among the seven people charged is Deepan Budlakoti, a stateless 28-year-old man born to Indian nationals who were working for the Indian High Commission in Ottawa. Deepan Budlakoti, seen here outside the Supreme Court in Ottawa in 2014, faces 83 weapons charges after being arrested as part of Project Landslide. He has remained a stateless man since the Supreme Court dismissed his fight for Canadian citizenship on Jan. 28, 2016.

Source: CBC News November 08, 2017 16:58 UTC