National Post- Federal justice minister’s vehicle has been stolen three times in three years
Earlier this week, a new report from insurance industry group Équité Association found that a vehicle is now stolen every five minutes in Canada, a record high.
True North- Prosecution budget issues leading to fentanyl trafficking charges getting dropped
Serious criminal charges are getting thrown out because of budget cuts in the federal prosecution service, an Ontario police chief says.
Hamilton, Ont. police chief Frank Bergen voiced frustration and disappointment at a police services board meeting after learning that the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) dropped 19 drug trafficking charges laid by Hamilton officers earlier this month.
Hamilton Police- Family-run variety store distraction theft
On Saturday January 25, 2025 in the early evening, a group of six female suspects entered the store with the intention of stealing several items, including personal items owned by the business owners. During the interaction, one of the store owners was bitten by one of the suspects.
Edmonton Journal- ‘Merchants of death’: Top player in Alberta’s largest-ever fentanyl lab case sentenced to 16 years in prison
Police said they seized 31 kilograms of fentanyl and its precursors, as well as 7,600 kilograms of chemicals used in fentanyl production. The estimated street value was calculated at $300 million.
Blacklock’s- Prisons Under Drone Attack
One unidentified prison counted 32 drone drops of some $459,355 worth of contraband in less than a year. Others described night flights “about 150 to 200 feet above the ground.”
Toronto Star- Man at centre of biggest Shoppers Drug Mart takedown ever handed conditional sentence — and likely won’t serve jail time
Satnampal Chawla pleaded guilty to trafficking stolen property, after Halton Police orchestrated the biggest police takedown ever at Shoppers Drug Mart, dismantling an organization that had been stealing from 148 locations across Ontario in 2022.
On Wednesday, an Ontario Court judge handed him an 18-month conditional sentence, which includes house arrest for the first six months and a curfew for the following six months.
Stephen Punwasi- public safety minister just said less than 1% of 🇺🇸’s fentanyl is from 🇨🇦, and ditto for illegal immigrants. Here’s why that’s a whopper of a lie. Warning: Your opinion of 🇨🇦 will irreversibly change.
The Bureau- Exclusive: Briefings to Liberal Government on Chinese Infiltration of Vancouver Port and Canada’s Opioid Scourge Ignored
If you look at the two super labs that were taken down in British Columbia—I think there’s three now—the amount they were capable of producing was more than the whole Vancouver population could have used in 10 years. So we know that Vancouver has become a transshipment point to North America for opiates and cocaine and other drugs because it’s a weak link, and enforcement is not capable of keeping up with transnational organized crime.”
Konstantin Kisin- Breaking News: Southport Stabbings Are the Knife’s Fault
It’s important to give them choices.
A judge once warned him, “You can either grow up and become an adult or you can keep doing this kind of thing and then you’re going to run the risk at having the Crown look to applying for dangerous offender status for you.”
Making the case for defunding: Montreal police asking people not to post photos of porch pirates online
CTV- High-risk offender released, expected to live in Winnipeg
“Although he has completed some sexual offender treatment in the past, he remains a high risk to re-offend. All men, women, and children are at risk.”
Charlette has a lengthy criminal history. He was convicted in 1991 of manslaughter involving a two-year-old child, for which he served a six-year prison sentence. He has also been convicted of aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats, carrying a concealed weapon and multiple court order breaches.
Giving a rotting, skeletal finger to America on his way out: Here’s Why Joe Biden Gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros.
National Post- Hamilton bank robber has getaway impeded by bike thief
Upon exiting the bank, and looking for his bike, the thief was reportedly ‘dazed and confused’ after realizing that another bandito had taken his bicycle
Blacklock’s- Scrap Millions’ Worth Of Cars
The Mounties have written off millions’ worth of vehicles as scrap metal, new records show. Cabinet in an Inquiry Of Ministry tabled in the Commons said it had scrapped 2,469 vehicles to date. Another 2,396 cars, trucks, SUVs and vans were decommissioned and scheduled to be towed to wrecking yards.
Sales of used police vehicles were banned following a 2020 Nova Scotia shooting spree that left 22 dead. Serial killer Gabriel Wortman. “The perpetrator owned four decommissioned police vehicles,” said the Mass Casualty Commission Final Report.
BBC- Thieves snatched his phone in London – it was in China a month later
He is just one victim of an estimated 78,000 “snatch thefts” in England and Wales in the year to March, a big increase on the previous 12 months.
The prosecution rate for this offence is very low – the police say they are targeting the criminals responsible but cannot “arrest their way out of the problem”. They also say manufacturers and tech firms have a bigger role to play.
Gad Saad- Earlier this week, I was approached by an off duty @rcmpgrcpolice officer who was a big fan. We briefly chatted about some of the lunacy going on at the RCMP. I’ll share anonymously some of that lunacy shortly. It is UNBELIEVABLE. See the thread.
Blacklock’s- Fear Gangland Crime Wave
“One in five Canadians report they or someone close to them has been affected by gang-related violence,” said the report Guns And Gangs Awareness Campaign. “Seven in ten agree Canada has a gang violence problem,” it added.
Cabinet in 2023 budgeted $390 million in five-year spending on its Action Fund to support community programs. “The Government of Canada has a comprehensive plan that gets guns off our streets,” then-Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said at the time. “Safety and security of Canadians is our government’s top priority.”
Asked, “How would you rate the performance of the Government of Canada when it comes to introducing measures to address gang-related violence?” only one percent rated it “excellent.”
h/t to Reader for the link to Runkle of The Bailey’s commentary on this case which he put in the comment section below.