Project Lookout Media Reel

Investigators with the York Regional Police - Guns, Gangs, and Drug Enforcement Unit, and their joint-forces operation partners, have made 20 arrests and dismantled a large-scale gun and drug trafficking network operating within York Region.
In April 2023, police began investigating members and associates of a street gang known as the Haywan Gang. The gang was believed to be involved in the trafficking of firearms and drugs into the southern part of York Region. A joint-forces operation (JFO) dubbed Project Lookout was launched to investigate and target those involved with this criminal gang.
The JFO included investigators from York Regional Police, the Toronto Police Service, Peel Regional
Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Canada Border Services Agency and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC). The successful completion of this lengthy joint-forces investigation was made possible with support from the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario (CISO), funded by the Ontario Government and Ministry of the Solicitor General.
As the operation evolved, investigators identified suspects that were supplying members and associates of the Haywan Gang with firearms and high-quality cocaine, being primarily trafficked in the City of Vaughan.
Project Lookout concluded on June 5, 2024. Search warrants were executed at 33 locations across the Greater Toronto Area. The 14-month investigation resulted in 20 persons arrested and nearly 300
charges laid. Investigators seized 18 firearms, 19.8 kilograms of cocaine, 4.8 kilograms of cannabis and a quantity of MDMA, Xanax pills and oxycodone pills. Total street value of the seized drugs is more than $2.5 million.
Investigators also seized $244,335 in Canadian currency, four vehicles and luxury watches valued at
$255,000 as proceeds of crime.

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[@velmano9191]

Why do officers do childish things like 'show and tell'? It's like 'Hey tax payers and people that don't believe we are working...see, look, we did something here, look at all the stuff we were able to stop.' Meanwhile, tons of other crimes are being committed. It's like working security at Walmart, you stop one person from stealing but while you're doing that, 5 others are doing the same thing. It's a losing battle but hey, 'show and tell' makes these people feel like they are doing something...even if it's not making a dent in improving public safety significantly. LOL.

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5 crimes going on is better than 6