Toronto Police have made arrests in a robbery investigation and while doing so seized $1.3 million in illicit drugs.
On Sunday, Jan. 15, police responded to a break and enter call in the Eglinton Ave., E. and Mount Pleasant Rd. area where a woman met with a man she knew and got into his vehicle.
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Police say inside the vehicle were two men in disguises who pointed a firearm at the woman and held her at gun point and all three men stole the woman’s phone and keys
They then allegedly drove her to her residence and committed a break and enter on the woman’s home.
After the break and enter, police say the woman was pushed out of the vehicle and the men fled.
On Tuesday, Jan. 17, police located the suspect vehicle in the area of Adelaide St., W. and Peter St.
Oumer Bekri, 26, of Mississauga, Daniel Ofori, 30, of Burnaby, B.C., and Jugraj Randhawa, 32, of Toronto, were arrested and charged with robbery with a firearm, use firearm during the commission of an offence, point firearm, break and enter, disguise with intent, kidnapping, and forcible confinement.
Four search warrants led to the seizure of three additional loaded restricted handgun, $150,000 in cash, a large quantity drugs weighing just over eight kilograms of Fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and crystal meth.
The drugs have a street value of $1.3 million dollars.
Three more people were arrested in the case of the seized firearms, cash and drugs.
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Naima Kanamugire, 22, of Mississauga, Abririzaq Unle, 26, of Toronto and Ali Jaballah, 26, of Ajax, were charged with 45 additional offences, including firearm offences, possession of proceeds of crime and possession of schedule I substances for the purpose of trafficking.
All six are in custody awaiting bail.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-5300, or call Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
kconnor@postmedia.com