U.S. police arrest Ontario gun trafficker on Canada’s most wanted list

A wanted, convicted gun trafficker that Toronto police have been looking for has been found and arrested south of the border by American authorities.

Toronto Police say Kamar Cunningham, 43, was located by the U.S. Marshals Service in the Atlanta, Ga., region on Wednesday.

Cunningham was arrested as part of Project Patton in June 2018 for his involvement with a notorious organized crime ring called Five Point Generalz that trafficked firearms over the U.S. border.

Seventy-five people were arrested in Project Patton, which at the time resulted in the single largest seizure of firearms in Toronto’s history.

Two years later, on Nov. 27, 2020, Cunningham was convicted of several firearms trafficking charges. On May 4, 2021, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years in custody, but Cunningham did not appear for his court date.

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Cunningham had been released on bail for a third time and skipped his sentencing hearing, police said at the time.

Police have been searching for Cunningham and he was put on Canada’s 25 most wanted list, run by the BOLO Program.

2:25 50K reward for one of Canada’s most wanted

A reward of up to $50,000 was being offered for any information leading to the capture of Cunningham.

Cunningham is being held pending extradition to Canada, Toronto Police said.

Global News has produced two episodes about Cunningham on Crime Beat — a show that looks into some of Canada’s most infamous criminal cases.