More than 200 stolen cars have been recovered and 28 people have been charged, including an unspecified number of Service Ontario employees, in connection with the dismantling of three auto-theft based criminal organizations that operated out of Ontario and Saskatchewan, police say.
According to the Ontario Provincial Police, a 22-month investigation, titled Project MYRA, began in September 2022 after police uncovered an auto theft network they allege was modifying stolen vehicles’ identification numbers in order to sell them.As a result of the investigation, police said they recovered 215 vehicles they say are worth more than $12 million. According to investigators, about 37 per cent of the vehicles recovered were Acuras or Honda.
Police said they executed a total of 44 search warrants throughout the investigation, resulting in the seizure of six firearms, 230 grams of suspected fentanyl, 1,840 grams of suspected cocaine, 77 kilograms of cannabis, 150 grams of suspected cannabis resin, and 10 grams of suspected psilocybin. Ontario Provincial Police said the joint investigation resulted in the dismantling of three criminal organizations allegedly involved in the fraudulent modification and sale of stolen vehicles.
The remaining organization was based in York Region and dealt primarily with high-end stolen vehicles, police said.
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