Peel, ON – Working together, members of the Peel Regional Police Commercial Auto Crime Bureau, Canadian National Rail Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have made an arrest relating to the recent theft of four shipping containers loaded with raw tobacco.

On Friday, October 19^th, 2007, it is alleged that the suspect made arrangements to have four truck loads of tobacco stolen from the C.N. shipping yard in Brampton, and taken to a trucking yard, also in Brampton, to be stored. Investigators believe that the suspect then removed three of the four loads from the trucking yard. Investigators were able to intervene, preventing the suspect from securing the fourth load.

Canadian National Rail Police and investigators from the Commercial Auto Crime Bureau shared information, and with the assistance of the R.C.M.P., identified the suspect. Members of the R.C.M.P. located the suspect in Montreal, and made the arrest on Wednesday, October 31, 2007.

Patrick QUINN, 38 years old of Montreal, is charged with four counts of Theft Over $5000.00 and was held for a Bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton on November 1, 2007. 

None of the $1,200,000 worth of tobacco has been recovered and the investigation is being continued by all three Police Services.

 If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact the Peel Regional Police Commercial Auto Crime Bureau at (905) 453-2121, ext. 3313, or Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

 For additional information, please contact the on-duty Media Officer at 905-453-2121, Ext 4027.                                       

Released by the Region of Peel Police on November 1, 2007 at 16:42