GTA Crime

• 22 stolen vehicles worth $1.9M recovered, 6 people charged: Peel police

  "Investigators determined some of the stolen vehicles were being re-vinned, fraudulently re-registered and illegally sold," police said in a news release.

  Crime

  Sep 7, 2023
  
• Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant known to frequent GTA, Kitchener-Waterloo, Quinte West

  Hamza Ali has been known to frequent several locales across the province, including the Greater Toronto area, the Kitchener-Waterloo area and Quinte West. 

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2023
  
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• 4 charged after automotive store break-ins reported across the Toronto area

  Peel Regional Police allege the suspects broke into automotive stores to steal car parts and believe the suspects were involved in illegal street racing rings.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2023
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• 15 alleged members of crime ring arrested after cargo, trucks worth millions stolen in GTA

  Police in Halton Region, Peel Region and Toronto, as well as provincial police and officers patrolling Canadian borders, began surveilling the alleged ring last year.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2023
• ‘Project Copperhead’ results in recovery of $1.65M worth of stolen truck loads: York police

  A number of charges have been laid and $1.65 million worth of stolen tractor trailer loads have been recovered as part of "Project Copperhead," York Regional Police say.

  Crime

  Apr 17, 2023
• Man charged after series of bank robberies: Toronto police

  Toronto police said between March 14 and 18, officers from Toronto as well as Peel and York regions received reports of five bank robberies.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2023
• 17-year-old among 9 charged by Peel police after spree of robberies in Mississauga

  Police said the investigation began in February after a spree of robberies and thefts that targeted employees carrying large cash deposits in Mississauga, Ont.

  Crime

  Mar 26, 2022
• SIU investigating police-involved shooting that left man dead

  Investigators said there was an interaction between a man and an officer Friday night before the man was shot, York regional police said in a statement.

  Crime

  Jan 22, 2022
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• 4 charged in illegal gun, pot smuggling across Canada/US border using low-flying helicopter

  According to the RCMP, the group was growing cannabis illegally in the GTA and would use a Jet Ranger helicopter to fly it across the border to the U.S. at low altitudes, in order to avoid detection. 

  Crime

  Sep 9, 2020
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• Ajax, Ont., man, 28, sought by London police in human trafficking probe

  It's alleged the suspect trafficked the victim in several cities throughout the GTA and in London starting in 2016 when she was only 17.

  Crime

  May 28, 2020