The police in Ontario, Canada, claim to have unearthed the remnants of the infamous Jamaican Shower Posse, said to have been wreaking havoc in that country.

A nine-month investigation culminated in the arrests of 78 people as police carried out several raids across Ontario Tuesday morning. The Canadian media are claiming the raids exposed the ''tentacles'' of the Jamaican criminal organization known as the Shower Posse. More than 1,000 police officers fanned out across the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa early Tuesday morning as they executed 105 simultaneous, pre-dawn searches. Apart from the arrests, the raids also resulted in the seizure of $30,000 in cash, 10,500 in casino cheques, 19 firearms, diamonds, cocaine, ganja, hashish, vehicles and more than ten-thousand ecstasy pills.  Falstaff Crips & Five Point Generals Gangs The police investigation, dubbed 'Project Corral', was launched in August 2009 in response to a spike in violence in northwest Toronto.     It was initially aimed at two street gangs - the Falstaff Crips and the Five Point Generals. But the trail of criminality eventually led to what Toronto police say is the umbrella organization - the Shower Posse. This is a criminal organization that emerged in Jamaica during the 1980s. The Toronto police have described it as an international organized crime group that has street-level group tentacles and is profiting from its criminal activities. Making Toronto safer Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, said he was very hopeful that by incapacitating these organizations the police can make Toronto communities safer. Police allege the Shower Posse has been supplying local street gangs with drugs and weapons and have a wide reach across the country. The Shower Posse also has links overseas and Project Corral has led to the seizure of cocaine coming into Toronto from Panama and the United States. Investigators also assisted in the seizure of 72 kilograms of cocaine in the Dominican Republic, leading to the arrest of three Toronto residents who are currently being held in custody overseas.  Police said two homicides have also been linked to Project Corral. The Shower Posse gained notoriety in the 1980's after being linked to several brutal murders, where shooting victims were "showered" with bullets.