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Oakville Beaver, 15 Dec 2022, p. 2

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Oakville Beaver | Thursday, December 15, 2022 | 2 insidehalton.com COME HOME tor Christmas For Mass times and more visit hamiltondiocese.com CRIME POLICE SMASH ALLEGED RETAIL THEFT RING Halton police have ar- rested 11 people and seized an estimated $2 million worth of stolen. property af- Kingfisher, into an alleged organized retail theft ring that police said was operat- ing in Halton and the sur- rounding Police said a ‘variety of retailers were targeted by this group, which used the allege ed the group stole items, , including elec- products, from stores and then sold them via an on- vestigators executed war- IFA CAUSING PROBLEMS IN 905-631-8784 www.d19area86.ca rants at more than a dozen locations in ihe aly of Brampton, warehouse, fiver residences and multiple storage lock- ers. Investigators reported- ly seized stolen goods esti- mated by police to be worth in excess of $1.5 milli Police said they also seized more than $600,000 in cash. One person from Toron- to and 10 people from Brampton were arrested in connection with this inves- Charges against them range from possession of property obtained by crime organization to theft e: ceeding $5,000 and traffick. obtained by ‘ime exceeding $5,000. Police said they are still Halton police photo One of five trucks loaded with stolen property seized during Project Kingfisher. looking for one additional suspect. “Retail theft is not a vic- timless crime. These thefts cost Canadian retailers bil- lions of dollars a year, costs. that are passed on to con- sumers when they go shop- ping," said Halton Police peperintendent Bob Gour- Project Kingfisher was conducted by the Halton Police Frontline Support Office and the Retail Theft Units. It was a joint project with the Peel Regional Po- lice, with assistance from Waterloo Regional Police Service and Brantford Po- lice Service. COHOL IS UR LIFE, CONTACT AA, Alcoholics Anonymous aa, WE’RE ALCOHOLICS HELPING OTHER ALCOHOLICS GET SOBER.

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