Eight luxurious autos price about $2 million have been stolen from Lockwood Leasing showroom in Ontario and all the heist has been caught on digital camera. Eight suspects with their faces coated made off with a Ferrari, two Porsches, three Mercedes-Benz, and two BMWs. Police stated the entrance window of the showroom was damaged at 3.35 am Sunday. The suspects then accessed a lockbox which had the keys to the high-end autos. There was nobody at the moment within the showroom. The suspects opened the lockbox with a crowbar after which drove away with the autos one after the other. No arrests have been made however the Ferrari, one Mercedes and one BMW have been recovered someplace within the Larger Toronto Space. “You hear about it. You see it. Then when it occurs to you, it’s fairly surreal. It was stunning,” supervisor Mark Kusiewicz informed CP24. “You’re getting invaded by eight to 10 people. They’ve crowbars, they’ve bolt cutters…Thank God that it was at evening and there was no person right here. No one was staying late or coming in early. However, who will get up at 3 o’clock within the morning to go steal automobiles?”Police stated the theft gave the impression to be organized. The Ontario Provincial Police in 2025 busted a automotive theft gang which was additionally concerned in transport these autos to the UAE, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, and Lebanon. About 306 stolen autos had been recovered below Venture Chickadee which began in August 2023. 20 folks, all from the Larger Toronto Space, had been arrested within the main bust they usually had been collectively dealing with 134 fees. These embody collaborating in a prison group, trafficking property and auto theft-related fees.Auto thefts spiked in Ontario lately. Based on police knowledge, in 2020, round 17,000 autos had been stolen, and that complete rose to greater than 30,000 autos in 2023.
