New Delhi: Six men of Indian origin are among 10 charged in a carjacking investigation involving high-end vehicles in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area. Peel Regional Police has made 10 arrests, laid out 128 charges, and recovered stolen vehicles valued at approximately $1.4 million in connection with ‘Project High Guard’.
It also seized firearms, guns, drugs, and other evidence.
The focus of the investigation was a series of violent carjackings and high-end vehicle thefts across the Greater Toronto Area, particularly 21 incidents of vehicle theft between June 2025 and April 2026.
“…in some cases, knives and firearms were brandished and victims were physically assaulted. In some cases, victims suffered severe injuries,” Peel Police said.
It added that the investigation led officers “beyond the individuals carrying out the robberies and uncovered a coordinated criminal network allegedly responsible for planning, directing, and profiting from the crimes”.
Investigators, it said, were able to identify those responsible for “targeting vehicles, organising robberies and recruiting younger offenders”.
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— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) October 19, 2026
Peel Police have charged Shan Dhindsa (20), Aryan Deol (20), Manavjoy Dhaliwal (24) and Madhumeet Randhawa (37) from Brampton, besides Parth Sharma (21) from Oakville, Gregory Seniv (37) from Mississauga, and Tayvien Coley (19) and Ekamveer Randhawa (20) from Halton Hills. Two individuals aged 17 from Brampton and Mississauga have also been charged as part of the investigation. Peel Police arrested and charged the men following a series of coordinated search warrants executed on 3 September.
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Peel Police said in a statement that investigators “recovered 15 stolen vehicles with a value of approximately $1.4 million, and seized four illegal firearms, along with ammunition and magazines”. Those arrested face 128 charges in connection with 21 incidents.
“Since peaking in 2023, vehicle thefts across Peel Region have declined by more than 50 percent and are down a further 10 percent year-to-date in 2026. While progress is encouraging,” said the department.
Peel Police chief Nishan Duraiappah said, “Through Project High Guard, our investigators successfully worked up the chain, identifying not only those responsible for carrying out these robberies, but also the individuals alleged to have directed and benefited from them.”
Michael S. Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario, said organised criminals who terrorise communities “through violent carjackings and auto theft have no place on Ontario’s streets”.
“Our government is proud to support investigations like Project High Guard through the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario, giving police the resources they need to track down offenders, dismantle criminal networks and bring those responsible to justice,” he added.
Describing one of the cases, Peel Police said that one of the victims “left a men’s hockey league at a community center and was carjacked on his way home. The nature of the carjacking was so violent that he experienced a hospitalisation.”
Peel Police deputy chief Nick Milinovich said, “This was a group that we allege was identifying cars for theft for sale on the criminal market, even recovering a vehicle at the Port of Montreal for export outside of the country.”
“Over eight months, through various investigative techniques, several individuals were identified as participating in this criminal network with distinct roles ranging from planning, organizing, and carrying out the offenses,” said Detective Sergeant Earl Scott with the Peel Police’s Central Robbery Bureau.
He explained that some of the arrested individuals targeted vehicles, “some coordinated the offenses; some carried out the robberies; some recruited younger individuals to participate; and some made arrangements to sell the stolen vehicles”.
During a press conference Tuesday, Peel Police showed an open-source video that shows one of the carjackings that occurred in Brampton last summer. This video captures the carjacking involving the driver of a Rolls-Royce, police said.
“In the video, the victim was confronted outside the business, who was just going about his day-to-day activities. Then he was attacked physically in an effort by the accused in an effort to take control of his vehicle,” police said in a statement.
Adding, “The victim suffered physical injuries as a result of this attack. And this video demonstrates the violence used in these offenses and the danger faced by the victims and how quickly these incidents can occur and escalate.”
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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