MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police have introduced the seizure of greater than 28 automobiles and hundreds of {dollars} within the Montreal space this week as a part of their combat in opposition to organized car theft within the province.
Police spokesperson Nicolas Scholtus says that following an investigation that started in March investigators searched buildings and automobiles within the Montreal space on Thursday focusing on a felony gang exporting stolen automobiles.
Along with the automobiles, police additionally discovered over $17,000 in Canadian forex, over $35,000 US and a half dozen cellphones.
The busts have been carried out by a blended squad of officers from numerous police forces – together with provincial police and Montreal police – tasked with preventing organized crime.
Canada’s second-largest port has grow to be a key transport hub for stolen car exports, with police discovering almost 600 stolen automobiles, most of them from the Toronto space, within the transport containers on the port between December 2023 and March 2024.
Earlier this week, insurance coverage fraud prevention group Équité Affiliation reported a 36 per cent drop in stolen automobiles within the first six months of 2024 in contrast with the identical interval final yr in Quebec, partially due to elevated border patrol, police collaboration and authorities motion.
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