ABOVE: 41 people arrested, 417 charges laid in police investigation targeting Galloway Boys gang. Sean Mallen reports.
TORONTO – Toronto Police say they’ve arrested 41 individuals and laid over 400 criminal charges as a result of two projects targeting gangs and gun violence.
The two projects titled Quell and Brazen, targeted two east end gangs, the Galloway Boys and the Orton Park Gang, that Staff Inspector Greg McLane says were “fighting for domination over a particular area to further their drug trade.”
Charges laid include attempted murder, drug trafficking, and multiple firearms related charges.
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Among over a dozen others, Toronto Police identified Carl Sangs, 27, who faced 85 charges
Police made mention of one D’Mitre Barnaby, who McLane says was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Barnaby, a new immigrant to Toronto, was murdered last year in April in a case of mistaken identity, McLane said, and his murder remains unsolved.
Barnaby’s murder, along with other subsequent shootings related to gang violence, sparked Project Brazen, McLane said.
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