The charges arise out of a Toronto Police Services ("TPS") investigation called Project Marvel which took place between September 1 and December 13, 2011 and events that transpired during that period. Project Marvel arose out of a number of shootings which took place in the Driftwood Court area of Toronto in the spring of 2011. Driftwood Court is located east of Jane Street, in the area north of Finch and south of Steeles Avenue. The investigation involved multiple wiretaps and police surveillance culminating on December 13, 2011 with the execution of a numerous search warrants and a large number of arrests. The Crown alleges that Gardner was part of a street gang that called itself the YBK and that was principally engaged in the production, supply and sale of controlled drugs, particularly cocaine, in, among other places, Toronto and Hamilton in Ontario and Surrey in British Columbia (B.C.).  The Crown's case against Gardner is based on numerous intercepted phone conversations, as well as pictures and videos found on cell phones seized from numerous individuals, police surveillance of Gardner and others during the period of the investigation and certain agreed facts. Gardner did not testify and called no other evidence in his defence. Gardner pled guilty of some or all of the charges (15 counts).