Police have found 24 vehicles stolen from the Halton region of Morocco.
The recovered vehicles, including a $500,000 Rolls Royce, are destined for Dubai and are valued at approximately $2.1 million.
A regional auto theft task force led by the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) regional auto theft task force launched the investigation last month. The force worked closely with the Peel Regional Police and the Canada Border Service Agency, both locally and overseas, to intercept the vehicles, which were impounded and returned to Canada.
This is Morocco’s largest-ever seizure of stolen Canadian vehicles.
“These vehicles are primarily ‘reprogrammed’ thefts, in which the suspects enter the vehicle and reprogram the ignition computers, allowing them to be driven away with a new key,” HRPS said in a press release.
According to the police, the vehicles are then either driven to the port of Montreal or loaded into shipping containers in Toronto and transported by rail to Montreal.
So far there have been no arrests.
This investigation is not yet complete.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the HRPS Regional Auto Theft Task Force at 905-825-4777, ext. 3407 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca.
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