42 Arrested, 173 Guns Seized in Disruption of Cross-Border Firearms Trafficking: Toronto Police

42 Arrested, 173 Guns Seized in Disruption of Cross-Border Firearms Trafficking: Toronto Police
A Toronto Police Service (TPS) logo is seen at TPS headquarters in Toronto on Aug. 9, 2019. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
Andrew Chen
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The Toronto police said 42 individuals have been arrested and over 400 criminal charges were laid as a result of a yearlong investigation into a major cross-border firearms trafficking scheme.

The police operation, dubbed Project Moneypenny, saw the seizure of 173 firearms, alongside ammunition and roughly $184,000 in proceeds of crime, from Canada and the United States, according to a press release from the Toronto Police Service (TPS) issued on April 11.