(OTTAWA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Auto Theft and Towing (PATT) Team has arrested one person in connection with an investigation into re-vinned stolen vehicles in the Ottawa area.
In February 2024, an investigation began after a stolen vehicle was GPS tracked to a location in Saint Isidore and recovered. On June 12, 2024, members of the PATT Team and OPP East Region Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a location in Ottawa.
Police seized break-in and electronic tools indicative of auto theft, fraudulent vehicle ownerships of re-vinned stolen vehicles and two cell phones.
As a result of the investigation, Ahmad MOHAMMAD NAZIM, age 34, of Ottawa, has been charged with the following Criminal Code offences:
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
- Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence – three counts
- Failure to comply with release order – two counts
- Failure to comply with probation order – three counts
- Possession of break-in instrument
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa on June 27, 2024.
Anyone with any information in relation to this investigation or auto theft activity is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
