Video shows police interrupting auto theft in progress outside Toronto home

Caught in the act it’s become an all too common occurrence Vehicles stolen from driveways in the middle of the night while their owners are asleep in this case the culprits were scared off the vehicle wasn’t taken but many car owners across the GTA haven’t been so lucky good evening Toronto police announced a

Number of arrests after an operation they dubbed project paranoid but for many car owners worrying about vehicle theft isn’t being paranoid it’s a daily reality ctv’s Beth Mell is live tonight with more Beth Michelle this Hull of stolen vehicles recovered by Toronto police was Major 48 vehicle seven people arrested

150 charges and the video we’re about to show you reveal some of the tricks suspect suspects use to steal your vehicle imagine waking up to a theft in progress the owners of this 2023 Jeep Wrangler hybrid did a few weeks a go it’s a job they say involve three people

One scoping out the SUV after midnight before two other suspects return 3 hours later one on standby looking the other tampering under the hood the owners say to unplug the horn and radio before drilling a hole on the passenger side and messing with wires in the glove box

When the suspects see one of the owners in the window they get spooked and start running at the same time as police arrive this just another example of the rampant efforts underway in the city to to steal Vehicles we’re up significantly in Toronto in terms of the the car

Jacking and the home invasions for the key fobs while violent vehicle thefts are up in Toronto superintendent Steve watt says it’s still a small percentage while police efforts to stop thieves are also ramping up like these high-end vehicles on display from recent investigations that led to the recovery

Of 48 Vehicles Worth close to $4 million police say vehicle theft is one of the main Revenue generators for organized crime and is even being being used to fund terrorism around the world the most commonly stolen vehicles remain higher end SUVs and trucks in Ontario the costs of vehicle theft are staggering the

Nonprofit investigative firm EIT Association says in 20122 there were $700 million in vehicle theft Insurance claims going up in 2023 to $1 billion it has started a partnership with Toronto police to share data and expertise you can learn a lot from what the trends and pattern are to determine what vehicles

Are up and coming to being stolen what areas are they’re being stolen is watt says the thefts are a complex problem some of the 48 Vehicles were recovered in a Burlington shipper others with a search warrant and purchased undercover others intercepted by the cbsa in Toronto and Montreal he recommends

Keeping vehicles in a garage having an immobilizer installed using the club and multiple air tags they might find the first one they think they’re good now but then they’re not we can still track that and we have we have good success we get probably over half of our vehicles

Back the owners of the Jeep Wrangler say they didn’t have air tags and are thankful it didn’t get stolen they’re now researching better ways to protect their property police arrested two people in connection with the attempted theft of that jeep a vehicle is stolen in Canada every five minutes reporting live I’m

Beth MD denell back to Michelle and Nathan

New video shows suspects attempting to steal a Jeep Wrangler as vehicle thefts continue to rise in the city.

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