Police have located the truck cab of the tractor trailer carrying more than 2,000 small-calibre firearms that was stolen in Peterborough early Sunday morning (February 13) — but the trailer and its cargo are still missing.
At around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Peel Regional Police advised Peterborough police that the truck cab had been located in Brampton, in an industrial area in the Queen Street and Goreway Drive area.
Police describe the trailer as a 2014 Hyundai 53-foot Dry Freight Van trailer, license plate V3092A, white in colour. with a silver metallic line that runs horizontally the whole length of the trailer.
Police have also provided additional information about the trailer: the number on the trailer is 14002.
Along with other municipal police forces, Peterborough police are working with the OPP, RCMP, Homeland Security, and the Canada Border Services Agency to locate the trailer.
“At this point Peterborough Police has no information that would connect the theft of firearms to the ongoing protests across the province,” reads an update to the media release issued on Tuesday afternoon (February 15).
Peterborough police believe Sunday’s theft of the tractor trailer is connected to at least five other attempted thefts of tractor trailers that took place between Friday, February 11 and Monday, February 14.
Two of the businesses were on Neal Drive, two on Technology Drive, and one on Parkhill Road East. In several cases, the businesses reported suspects attempted to start up trucks and hook them up to trailers before fleeing the scene.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Peterborough police at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at stopcrimehere.ca.
