Police, Border Services Seize 598 Stolen Vehicles at Montreal Port, Most From Ontario

Deputy Commissioner Marty Kearns, Investigations and Organized Crime at the Ontario Provincial Police, (L) talks with Deputy Chief Benoit Dube of the Surete du Quebec beside two recovered stolen vehicles during a news conference in Montreal, on April 3, 2024. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Ontario Provincial Police and the Canada Border Services Agency say they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal.

Around three-quarters of the 598 seized vehicles, with an estimated value of $34.5 million, were stolen in Ontario, police said.