An eight-month investigation conducted by a southern Ontario police service has resulted in 10 arrests and 128 criminal charges that dismantled a “violent criminal network” linked to carjackings and luxury vehicle thefts across the Toronto region.
Peel Regional Police launched Project High Guard in March to investigate a string of 21 violent auto thefts and carjackings between June 2025 and April 2026, Det. Sgt. Earl Scott told reporters during an Oct. 19 press conference.
“Some of these events left victims with severe injuries,” Scott said. “Culprits brandished knives, firearms, and utilized violent physical assaults during the carjackings.”
Police played a video documenting a carjacking that unfolded in Brampton last summer that showed several assailants attacking the driver of a Rolls Royce outside a business. …