Dozens of people including Toronto police officers have been arrested in a sweeping probe that involved allegations of drug trafficking and auto theft.<\/p>\n
The details were confirmed by a source with direct knowledge of the case. The people accused also include individuals who are not police officers, the source said.<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday night, the source said at least seven Toronto police officers had been arrested but that the situation was fluid and the number of those facing charges could grow.<\/p>\n
A federal source said there were more than 30 arrests in total, but would provide no further details. A third source with knowledge of the case said York Regional Police led the investigation.<\/p>\n
The Globe is not naming the sources, who were not authorized to release details about the case.<\/p>\n
The Toronto Police Service declined to comment, but noted in an e-mail that York Regional Police had scheduled a news conference for Thursday.<\/p>\n
A York Regional Police advisory said the news conference was about Project South, which it describes as \u201ca lengthy investigation into organized crime and corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n
The news conference was expected to feature York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween, Deputy Chief Ryan Hogan and Toronto Police Service Chief Myron Demkiw.<\/p>\n
Meaghan Gray, a spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association, said in a statement Wednesday evening that the union is \u201caware of several of its members who were arrested today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a professional labour organization, we will ensure our members receive due process and wellness support as required,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have no further comment regarding this investigation or the members involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Toronto Police Service Board held an emergency, in-camera meeting on Wednesday to discuss the matter, a government official said. The Globe is not naming the official because they were not authorized to speak about the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of people including Toronto police officers have been arrested in a sweeping probe that involved allegations of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-454510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-canada-news","17":"tag-canada-sports","18":"tag-canada-sports-news","19":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","20":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","21":"tag-canadian-news","22":"tag-economy","23":"tag-education","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-federal-government","26":"tag-foreign-news","27":"tag-globe-and-mail","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","30":"tag-government","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-national-news","36":"tag-new-brunswick","37":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","38":"tag-news","39":"tag-northwest-territories","40":"tag-nova-scotia","41":"tag-nunavut","42":"tag-ontario","43":"tag-pei","44":"tag-photos","45":"tag-political-news","46":"tag-political-opinion","47":"tag-politics","48":"tag-politics-news","49":"tag-quebec","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-travel","53":"tag-trudeau","54":"tag-us-news","55":"tag-world-news","56":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}