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Between mid-December and the end of March, police inspected about 400 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal and found nearly 600 stolen vehicles, most of them from the Toronto area. The operation showed how Canada’s second-largest port has become a key transport hub for stolen vehicle exports. Police say …
Read More »Leave Canada or sue? Auto theft victims consider their options as cases surge
As the Greater Toronto Area confronts an auto theft crisis, some residents are considering bold – or arguably radical – action. Kamran Hussain, who moved to Canada from India on an international student visa in 2017 and has completed the arduous process of becoming a permanent resident, said he has …
Read More »Disturbance at Winnipeg coffee shop leads police to stolen car, contraband – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A call about a disturbance at a coffee shop led to more than a half-dozen unrelated charges for a Winnipeg man, police say. Officers were called to the Beaverhill Boulevard shop around 5:40 p.m. Monday in response to reports of an intoxicated …
Read More »31 arrests in auto theft crackdown operation by police in Ontario, Montreal
Ontario and Montreal police say they are cracking down on the increase in auto theft through a joint effort officially announced Friday. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Montreal police held a press conference to detail the results of a significant interprovincial operation dubbed Project Volcano. The initiative was targeted at bringing individuals before …
Read More »Ford on Toronto police officer’s auto theft advice: ‘Might as well leave cookies and milk’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has compared controversial auto theft advice from a Toronto police officer to welcoming Santa Claus at Christmas. The premier was asked on Friday about a Toronto police officer who told residents to leave their car keys by the door to avoid home invasions. The officer suggested …
Read More »Two teens arrested following armed home invasion, car thefts: Peel police – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two teenagers have been arrested and are facing numerous charges after allegedly participating in an armed home invasion, multiple car thefts, and possession of prohibited devices for a dangerous purpose. Peel police said in a release Saturday they had been investigating two …
Read More »Is millions in Ontario government money fixing its auto theft crisis?
It took less than four hours for the first vehicle of the year to be stolen in the Region of Peel. Around 3:10 a.m. on Jan. 1, police believe a truck was stolen from Heathbrook Avenue in Brampton, Ont. Officers haven’t closed the case, which is still ongoing. The theft …
Read More »Toronto family ‘exasperated’ after Jeep stolen 3 times in less than 2 years – Toronto
Jason MacLellan is feeling uneasy about living in his midtown Toronto neighbourhood and says he’s had trouble sleeping the past couple of nights. He’s been waking up every hour to check if his rental truck is still in the driveway after being the victim of auto theft last Thursday. It’s …
Read More »‘It wasn’t a priority’: American man angry with Canadian police over his stolen truck
It started off as a routine trip from New Hampshire to Burlington, Ont., where Robert Arndt was visiting his daughter and two grandchildren. “We go about four times a year to visit and we stay in the same hotel in Burlington,” said Ardnt. On Feb. 10 at 6:30 a.m, Arndt …
Read More »Ottawa to hold auto-theft summit amid uptick in stolen cars sent abroad – National
Political leaders, police, border agents and auto industry executives will be called together next month to try and come up with better ways to slow the growth in auto theft plaguing most major Canadian cities. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced what he called a national summit on combating auto theft Sunday, just as …
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