{"id":609002,"date":"2026-04-16T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/609002\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:20:09","slug":"brampton-man-accused-of-stealing-hurricane-relief-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/609002\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton man accused of stealing hurricane relief supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>A 40-year-old Brampton man faces multiple charges including probation offences after being accused of stealing hurricane relief supplies that were headed to Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police say investigators with the Commercial Auto Crime Bureau began an intensive probe after a person broke into a secured storage facility near Derry Rd. E. and Goreway Dr. in Mississauga shortly after 5 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the thief hitched a trailer with a shipping container to a transport truck and drove away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A car drives through a neighbourhood following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica on Oct. 29, 2025.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jamaica-hurricane.jpg\"  height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/> A car drives through a neighbourhood following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica on Oct. 29, 2025. Photo by RICARDO MAKYN \/AFP via Getty ImagesClothing and non-perishable goods stolen<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Police said the container housed thousands of dollars in relief supplies such as clothing and non-perishable goods that were awaiting shipment to Jamaica after <a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" caribbean=\"\" island=\"\" was=\"\" devastated=\"\" by=\"\" hurricane=\"\" melissa=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/world\/hurricane-melissa-jamaica\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Caribbean island was devastated by Hurricane Melissa<\/a> last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators identified a suspect who police said is currently on probation for similar offences and has been prohibited from driving indefinitely, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers executed a search warrant at a home in Brampton on March 11 and arrested the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, police announced Varinder Dhillon was charged with one count of break and enter and commit an indictable offence, two counts each of theft over $5,000 and operation while prohibited, three counts each of possession of property obtained by crime, breach of probation and failing to comply with a release order.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/national\/jewish-groups-want-canada-better-protect-communities-extremism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Officers part of Toronto Police's new rapid response counter-terrorism unit stand guard outside a place of worship after shooting incidents at synagogues. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/he3dseixsaak3zc_302395497-e1775130613123.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jewish groups want Canada to better protect communities from extremism<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/local-news\/toronto-cops-probe-downtown-stabbing-in-apartment-building\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Toronto Police cruiser.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0403-na-ontario-cops-e1745241642148.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Toronto cops probe downtown stabbing in apartment building<\/p>\n<p> <\/a>Property recovered and returned<\/p>\n<p>Cops said more than $1-million worth of allegedly stolen property was recovered and returned to its rightful owner and shipped to Kingston, Jamaica, where it was to be dispersed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call investigators with the Commercial Auto Crime Bureau at 905-453-2121, ext. 8813, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED VIDEO<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loading...\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/21.0.2\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\" width=\"64\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n<p>Play Video<\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content A 40-year-old Brampton man faces multiple charges including probation offences after being accused of stealing hurricane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-609002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609002","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=609002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}