An intensive crackdown has led to the restoration of 598 stolen automobiles in Canada, authorities introduced Wednesday amid a growth in auto thefts throughout the nation.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) stated the vast majority of recovered vehicles — 483 of them — are from Ontario. They have a possible worth of $34.5 million.
“Approximately 75 per cent of vehicles recovered from sea containers in Montreal are identified as stolen in Ontario,” authorities stated in a joint assertion.
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The different 115 automobiles had been stolen from Quebec, in keeping with police.
The police operation, referred to as Project Vector, was completed in collaboration with police forces in each provinces. Since December 2023, 390 delivery containers have been inspected.
Police say the a whole lot of recovered vehicles had been linked to completely different sorts of auto crimes, together with carjackings and residential invasions. The stolen vehicles had been speculated to be exported abroad to completely different markets in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South America.
The transfer comes after greater than 30 arrests final month in each provinces in relation to stolen automobiles. Last week, practically 50 vehicles had been recovered in Toronto by authorities.
The federal authorities says an estimated 90,000 vehicles are stolen every year in Canada, leading to about $1 billion in prices to Canadian insurance coverage policyholders and taxpayers.
— with recordsdata from Global’s Felicia Parrillo the Canadian Press
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Nearly 600 cars recovered in sweeping auto theft crackdown in Ontario, Quebec
