Crime

Police say an employee at a downtown organization was tricked into granting access to two accounts during a call from someone posing as a bank representative.

Project High Guard examined 21 reported carjackings and vehicle thefts, and police say 15 stolen vehicles were recovered.

Project Red Zone, a cross-border undercover operation, also recovered cocaine and more than 950 rounds of ammunition, with four people now facing charges. A months-long undercover investigation into gun trafficking across the Greater Toronto Area has ended with 23 firearms off the street, four people charged, and a direct link to an unsolved Mississauga homicide.

Five people face more than 80 charges after a months-long investigation into “Icy White North,” which police call one of Canada’s most prolific dark web drug suppliers. York Regional Police say they’ve dismantled a Canada-wide drug trafficking operation that ran almost entirely through the dark web, arresting five people and laying more than 80 charges