Suspected car thief taken down by GTA police in dramatic operation

48 to the crew I’m on the track here it’s 4:40 in the morning and detective Scott Creswell and the York Regional Police auto theft unit are setting up for a takedown I’m just going to flip around and have a look at our skate their target a crime group that detective Creswell says has been stealing cars overnight This Crew travels all over the GTA targeting all like the major municipalities Creswell says the vehicle his team is on the lookout for is a stolen Lexus it’s what they call a crime car a stolen car that’s used to commit more crimes and steal other vehicles this Lexus we’ve been tracking for about 10 days that surveillance has led them here to a retirement home in East Toronto where the suspected thieves have allegedly been parking the car when they’re done stealing it’s out of the way police won’t Patrol that area regularly the car is there when we arrive but the suspected thieves aren’t done This Crew especially they don’t stop at like 5:00 a.m. they’d steal right until 7: 7:30 Creswell and his team await their return two on foot brager headed towards our skate an hour later Brando these are our guys they’re back Tre you got to get lure buddy they might heat check this area just keep your head down for the crew it’s a surveillance play at this point 10 Roger the plan is let them go moile Hydro up and they’re pushing watch yourselves there they go we hang back with Detective Creswell while other members of the team follow the Lexus and listen to this all parties out out the team radios in that the suspected thieves are stealing another vehicle a Toyota Tacoma Tacoma doors open working on the GPS here on the GPS M so this is common they’re going to see if they can disable the GPS about an hour and a half later he got them both coming in that Tacoma here they come guys this is going to be it guys drives into the parking lot and right behind ites the Lexus there’s Lex 48 he’s stopped here the passenger gets out and jumps into another vehicle a high andai Santa Fe what do you think SC this might be the get vehicle while the driver of the Lexus get down get down get him turns back to the parking lot it’s right in front of us going to be a goal here if we’re ready he’s out he’s out he’s away he’s away go go go what happens next unfolds almost too quickly to grasp he’s on the facade of the brown building number six two police K9 units supporting the team start the pursuit there’s a guy there’s a guy can9 right there one chases down the suspect from the Lexus the other goes after the second suspect in the Santa Fe but in instead of stopping the alleged Thief drives right at the police officer gu just got H the second suspect escapes the Santa Fe found abandoned a couple of blocks away the K9 Officer has a broken rib and is taken to hospital for examination 18-year-old Ahmed Abdul wasi is arrested and charged with multiple offens including two counts of stealing a vehicle the Lexus and the Tacoma await forensics in the parking lot where the early morning began you need a multi-tier approach to fight Auto crime and trafficking overseas because it also sends a message right like you can’t just go out and steal you are going to get arrested you are going to go to jail and it’s important two weeks after we accompanied York Regional Police the second suspect Muhammad jiat also 18 years old turned himself in he is now facing multiple charges Carolyn Jarvis Global News

Global News is granted rare access inside York Regional Police’s auto theft unit as it targets a suspect crime group that has been stealing cars across the Toronto area overnight.

Police engage in a dramatic takedown, ending with an officer in hospital, a suspected thief in handcuffs and another suspect — a wanted fugitive. Carolyn Jarvis reports.

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