New data shows that common Honda and Toyota models, along with new and luxury car models, were among the most commonly stolen cars in Ontario last year.
Thirty-one people were arrested this week in a joint operation targeting auto thefts in Ontario, provincial police announced Friday. 'Project Volcano' was carried out by Ontario Provincial Police, Sûreté du Québec and Montréal police.An aerial view of vehicles in a parking lot. Nearly 3,000 vehicles have been stolen in Ontario in the past 7 weeks, according to the OPP.
"We've encountered accused as young as 16 years old driving stolen vehicles recklessly in attempts to evade police," Kearns said. The money will come through a preventing auto thefts grant, according to a news release. Through the grant, the money will fund 21 police projects that feature "new and enhanced crime-fighting measures" that target the prevention, detection, analysis and enforcement of auto thefts, the province said.to target gun and gang violence, with a particular focus on the surge in auto thefts and carjackings in the GTA.
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