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In Canada’s car theft crisis, drivers are increasingly relying on tracking devices like Apple AirTags to keep tabs on their vehicles — and if they’re stolen — try to hunt them down. But law enforcement officials and port authorities warn the technology has its limitations. An AirTag may show a …
Read More »Takedown: The anatomy of catching a suspected car thief
Outside a retirement complex in east Toronto, where all but shift workers are asleep in the early hours, a dramatic police takedown is about to unfold. In less than five hours, a police officer will be in hospital, a suspected car thief in handcuffs and a second suspect – a …
Read More »Classic cars among stolen vehicles recovered by Ontario police in Stirling
Two people have been arrested after police recovered a number of stolen vehicles in central Ontario earlier this month. In late 2023, OPP in Lambton County in southwestern Ontario launched an investigation after receiving a complaint of stolen vehicles with a combined value of approximately $3 million. OPP say their …
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 …
Read More »Toronto car theft victim says he had to travel to Montreal to get Range Rover back
TORONTO — Stephen Taub says he knew exactly where a Range Rover stolen from his Toronto driveway was located, thanks to a tracking device. But he had to travel all the way to Montreal himself to recover it. Taub, a 64-year-old investment banker who lives in Toronto’s affluent Forest Hill …
Read More »Toronto man finds and recovers stolen car with the help of Apple AirTags – Toronto
Last Wednesday, Jordan Macdonald said his family was startled awake at 5 a.m. That’s normal these days as the family has a newborn. But this time it wasn’t the sound of their baby crying that woke them. It was their car alarm. “As soon as I heard that there was …
Read More »Police in Mississauga, Ont. recover stolen cars headed for Africa – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Mississauga, Ont., say they have intercepted and seized eight stolen cars destined for the African continent. Peel Regional Police said in a news release that a search warrant executed on Friday led to the recovery of the vehicles, some of …
Read More »Suspect in custody after alleged pizza delivery car theft, say Winnipeg police – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 34-year-old Winnipeg man is facing several charges after he allegedly stole a running pizza delivery vehicle and evaded police last week. According to police, on May 4, a suspect got into an unattended pizza delivery vehicle in the 400 block of …
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