Toronto police seize 62 guns, make several arrests in “Project Barbell” investigation

At a news conference on Monday, Toronto police said they have seized dozens of firearms and arrested six people, including one linked to a “reckless shooting” downtown last year.

Investigators looked into an armed criminal group suspected of trafficking firearms into Toronto in an eight-month investigation dubbed Project Barbell that began in the fall of 2021.

In May 2022, officers executed multiple search warrants for addresses and vehicles. They made six arrests, laid 260 criminal charges and seized 62 firearms.

Of the 62 firearms, police said most were handguns but five were AR-15-type firearms and three were AK-type firearms. Global’s Caryn Lieberman has more.

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