In Ontario, eight luxury vehicles worth about $2 million were stolen from the Lockwood Leasing showroom in a bold night-time heist caught on camera. The suspects, all with covered faces, broke the front window at 3:35 am Sunday. They used crowbars to open a lockbox containing the keys to the cars. The stolen vehicles included a Ferrari, two Porsches, three Mercedes-Benz, and two BMWs. No one was present in the showroom at the time of the theft. Police said the suspects drove away the cars one by one. No arrests have been made yet. So far, the police have recovered the Ferrari, one Mercedes, and one BMW somewhere in the Greater Toronto Area. Manager Mark Kusiewicz expressed shock, saying, “You hear about it. You see it. Then when it happens to you, it’s quite surreal. It was shocking.” He added, “You’re getting invaded by eight to 10 individuals. They have crowbars, they have bolt cutters…Thank God that it was at night and there was nobody here. Nobody was staying late or coming in early. But, who gets up at 3 o’clock in the morning to go steal cars?” Police believe the theft was well-organized. This follows a 2023 Ontario Provincial Police operation called Project Chickadee, which busted a car theft gang involved in shipping stolen luxury vehicles to the Middle East. The operation recovered 306 stolen vehicles and led to 20 arrests facing 134 charges including participation in a criminal organization and trafficking. Auto theft is rising in Ontario, with stolen vehicles increasing from around 17,000 in 2020 to over 30,000 in 2023.