11 Quebec residents charged in connection with auto thefts in Durham Region

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 6:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Eleven radical from Quebec person been arrested successful transportation with an car theft probe successful Durham Region that began astatine the commencement of this year, constabulary say.

Durham Regional Police Chief Peter Moreira told reporters connected Thursday that the 11, including 2 young offenders, connected March 13 were arrested by constabulary acting connected hunt warrants successful Toronto.

The 11 were charged with much than 160 offences. Twenty vehicles person been recovered, helium said.

Police said the suspects travelled to Durham Region, where they stole vehicles and transported them to Quebec.

Eight of the 11 are facing charges of nonaccomplishment to comply, which means they were antecedently arrested and released and person failed to travel the restrictions placed connected them. All 11 were held for bail hearings. 

Four suspects are inactive outstanding and warrants person been issued for their arrest. Police said 18 vehicles associated with this "organized transgression theft network" are besides outstanding.

Police said they began investigating several thefts of vehicles passim Durham Region starting successful January. That's erstwhile investigators identified a ample radical of suspects operating an organized car theft web retired of 2 addresses successful Toronto.

Moreira said conveyance transgression is not conscionable a spot crime, but organized crime.

"It is simply a transgression that has a important interaction connected the lives of our residents. It impedes their quality to spell astir their regular lives and threatens their consciousness of information successful their ain homes. This is thing we instrumentality precise seriously," Moreira said.

"Our connection is clear. Organized crime, including conveyance theft, volition not beryllium tolerated here," helium added, urging anyone with accusation connected the outstanding suspects to interaction police. 

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As portion their searches, constabulary said they seized instrumentality utilized to bargain vehicles, Canadian money, a quantity of cocaine and recovered 2 stolen vehicles.