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<\/p>\nSome of the stolen goods recovered by police is shown. Jewelry, clothes and other items were taken during a break-in at a store at Square One in Mississauga. One man is charged. (Photo: Peel Regional Police)<\/p>\n
A Mississauga man faces charges after jewelry, clothes and other items worth nearly $1 million were stolen during an overnight break-in earlier this year at a high-end Square One Shopping Centre department store.<\/p>\n
Peel Regional Police said most of the stolen goods taken from Holt Renfrew in the brazen City Centre theft have been recovered.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media at a press conference on Friday at Square One, the largest shopping mall in Ontario and second-biggest in Canada, police said officers responded to the break-in at around 1 a.m. on April 30.<\/p>\n
According to investigators, a masked culprit \u201cused tools to gain entry\u201d to the store and stole \u201chigh-value jewelry and clothing from multiple displays.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man then fled the store on foot before stealing an unoccupied vehicle that had been left running nearby, police said, adding the car was recovered the following day by patrol officers.<\/p>\n
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Subsequent investigation by the Peel police Break-and-Enter Auto and Retail organized crime squad, aka BEAR unit, that included \u201cextensive video canvassing\u201d led to the identification of a suspect, police said on Friday.<\/p>\n
A search warrant was then executed at a Mississauga residence, where police recovered \u201ca significant quantity of stolen property.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amir Nikbakht, 41, of Mississauga, is charged with:<\/p>\n
Break, enter and commit an indictable offence
\nPossession of break-in instruments
\nDisguise with intent
\nTheft of motor vehicle
\nWeapons dangerous
\nFail to comply
\nBreach of probation<\/p>\n
He was held in custody pending a bail hearing.<\/p>\n
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Police said their investigation remains active as they work to identify additional victims and related thefts.<\/p>\n
Peel police Deputy Chief Marc Andrews said on Friday such retail thefts are \u201cnot petty crime\u201d and they\u2019ve \u201cbecome endemic in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
While retail theft has remained consistent in Peel in the past 12 months, the number of arrests and charges has increased by more than 30 per cent, police said.<\/p>\n
That reflects how Peel police are now tailoring their approach to such crimes, they said in a news release following Friday\u2019s press conference in downtown Mississauga.<\/p>\n
Investigators are using \u201cstrategic, intelligence-led enforcement efforts,\u201d including the relatively new BEAR squad, \u201cto disrupt and dismantle organized retail theft networks operating across the region,\u201d police explained.<\/p>\n
BEAR unit formed in September 2025<\/p>\n