A release Wednesday says 53 Division’s Major Crime Unit has raided two automotive repair garages in Toronto and Brampton in connection with the overnight theft of cars in Midtown Toronto. Two men, Ahmed Shkais, 25, of Toronto and Adam Rafferty, 30, of Brampton, are held on theft and possession charges. The five-month operation was known as Operation Clone. Officers seized a large cache of equipment, tools and electronics used to facilitate the theft of motor vehicles.
Some of them are electronic key fobs from different vehicle makes and models, lock picks, fake licence plates, electronic diagnostic and key fob reprogramming tools, tracking devices and a radio frequency scanner. Detective Daniel Kraehling said: “The quality of technology, and the amount seized, speaks to the level of sophistication and technical skill employed by thieves during the commission of motor vehicle thefts within the city. With tools such as this and the knowledge that thieves possess, vehicles can easily be stolen in under 30 seconds.”
