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CBC
6 days ago
- CBC
Man, 45, facing charges as Cape Breton police investigate vehicle thefts
A Cape Breton man is facing multiple charges related to firearms and stolen vehicles as part of an ongoing police investigation that involves a rural salvage yard and a former elementary school. Cape Breton Regional Police are remaining tight-lipped about the investigation. For the past several days, police and private security have been guarding Bill Young's Auto-Body Salvage in Little Pond, N.S., and the former elementary school in nearby Florence. It's not clear how the sites, which are about five kilometres apart in a rural part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, are connected. In a brief news release, police said while executing search warrants in Little Pond, Florence and North Sydney, they arrested a 45-year-old Little Pond man. He is charged with 20 counts of improperly having and storing firearms and ammunition, including a .22-calibre rifle, a .50-calibre rifle and a loaded 9-mm handgun. He's also charged with five counts of stolen property involving two newer pickup trucks, an SUV and two side-by-side ATVs. Police said the investigation continues in collaboration with auto theft investigators from Montreal-based Équité Association, a national insurance fraud organization. "Additonal charges are anticipated and details about the totality of the investigation will be released when they are available," police said. "To maintain the integrity of the investigation, no further information can be shared at this time." Court documents do not provide many details, but the vehicles allegedly belong to an insurance company, two leasing agencies, a sports dealership in New Brunswick and a private individual, also in New Brunswick. The documents also show the man spent several days in jail before getting bail, after putting up $160,000 in cash and sureties. While on bail, he has to live in Florence and is prohibited from going near his home in Little Pond, another nearby property and the salvage yard. He also cannot go near an autobody shop in Florence or the community's former school.
CTV News
6 days ago
- CTV News
Man charged after Cape Breton police seize ‘large number' of stolen vehicles
A 45-year-old man has been charged in connection with an investigation into a 'large number' of stolen vehicles. The Cape Breton Regional Police says officers located and seized numerous vehicles and parts when they executed multiple search warrants at properties in Little Pond, Florence, and North Sydney on July 9. 'During one of the searches, Sandy Joseph Young was arrested and later remanded to the Cape Breton Correctional Centre,' reads a news release from the Cape Breton Regional Police. Young has been charged with five counts of possession of property obtained by crime, along with numerous offences for the unauthorized and careless use of firearms. Police say additional charges are anticipated. The investigation is ongoing, in collaboration with auto theft investigators from the Equite Association, according to the release. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CTV News
16-07-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Halifax's new marine container examination facility now open at one of the busiest ports in North America
A new $25-million facility at the port of Halifax is designed to help Canada Border Services Agency officers in their ongoing efforts to crack down on crime and target all forms of illegal activity. 'It means we can combat things like fentanyl coming into our country, as well as being exported out of our country, plus stolen vehicles and addressing a whole range of contraband,' said CBSA Vice President Jennifer Lutfallah. The Africville Seasides Marine Container Examination Facility features multiple examination stations that will closely monitor shipping containers. Over the last 15 months in Halifax, 189 stolen vehicles and more than $200 million worth of narcotics and other types of illegal drugs were seized. 'We are talking about thousands of kilograms, and we are not talking about street level arrests where it is a gram or two, and we have seized 4,000 kg of cocaine at a purity of 95 per cent and up,' said CBSA regional director Dominic Mallette. Africville Seasides Marine Container Examination Facility The facility features mobile, modern high-tech security equipment that can be used at Halifax's two container terminals. One of the trucks at the 2,700-square-metre facility contains a scanner to examine suspicious cargo. 'It then takes an X-ray of everything that's in the container,' said border service officer Kevin Melvin. The new building is located at the site location of the historic Africville community and is named after a hockey team that existed in the early 1900s. It also features mobile, modern high-tech security equipment that can be used at Halifax's two container terminals. The facility's launch comes at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has been critical of illegal drugs entering the U.S. from Canada and has used that to justify tariffs. 'We owe it to Canadians to make sure our borders are safe, more so than we owe it to the president of the United States,' said N.S. Liberal Member of Parliament Darren Fisher. 'But we do have to be good neighbours as well.' The Africville Seasides Marine Container Examination Facility replaces the previous examination warehouse that was in Dartmouth, N.S., which required shipping containers to be transported several kilometres for inspection.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- CBS News
2 arrested in Bridgeview, Illinois chop shop crackdown after Public Storage raid
Two people are under arrest and third person is under investigation after Bridgeview police raided a Public Storage facility Monday morning. Police in the southwest suburb said officers raided a facility in the 10000 block of South Harlem Avenue after receiving a call about suspicious activity. There, they said they found three stolen vehicles in different stages of disassembly. They also found five engines with attached transmissions and numerous other auto parts. Police said they found items in five different storage units at the facility. When they arrived at the Public Storage, they said several people were still there and taken into custody. Two have been arrested and a third remains under investigation. Charges are pending.
CTV News
25-06-2025
- CTV News
Montreal police cracking down on stolen car network in ‘major' operation
SPVM police vehicles are seen in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi Montreal police (SPVM) said they are expecting to make several arrests in a 'major' investigation in relation to stolen vehicles on Wednesday. Police say they are collaborating with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and searches are being carried out in Laval, the Island of Montreal and in Rosemère. According to the SPVM, nearly 100 officers are involved in the raids, which are 'the result of an investigation targeting an organized and structured criminal network involved in the export of stolen motor vehicles.' Police also received help from other forces, including Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), York Regional Police, Interpol, and Équité Association. The SPVM said they will provide an update on the raids later on Wednesday. This is a developing story that will be updated.
