Peel police arrest 18 people as a result of robbery and carjacking investigation

Peel Region constabulary opportunity they person arrested 18 people, including 3 teens, arsenic portion of an investigation into an organized crime web linked to aggregate convulsive location invasions, equipped robberies and carjackings.

Police opportunity nan months-long investigation, dubbed Project Warlock, began aft a bid of location invasion-style robberies and carjackings successful Peel Region and passim nan Greater Toronto Area precocious past year.

They opportunity betwixt November 2023 and January 2024, location were 8 robberies successful Brampton, Ont., that helped them place nan alleged criminal web involved. Three of those robberies were astatine knife-point and 2 were location invasions involving firearms, 1 of which resulted successful a unfortunate getting a superior gunshot wound.

Police opportunity location were besides aggregate carjackings complete a play successful March this year, including 5 carjackings targeting luxury vehicles successful some Peel and York Region.

Investigators opportunity Project Warlock was launched aft they linked those cases together done video and beingness evidence, and forensics.

As a consequence of nan investigation, they opportunity they carried retired much than 60 hunt warrants, pinch 12 stolen vehicles recovered and 4 firearms seized, 3 of which person been traced to nan U.S.

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Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said immoderate of nan location invasions progressive victims waking up to weapons being pointed astatine them successful their beds, while children were successful nan home.

“It has everlastingly changed nan lives of immoderate of these families and their children,” he said.

Police person arrested 18 people, including a 14-year-old and 2 17-year-olds, and laid much than 150 criminal charges against nan suspects.

Duraiappah said nan complaint of carjackings and location invasions has escalated crossed nan Greater Toronto Area, and truthful acold successful 2024, Peel has had 87 carjackings and 54 location invasions.