Canadian border officers seize record number of stolen vehicles in Quebec
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It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
With just over one month left in the year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says officers have intercepted 1,213 stolen vehicles (and counting) at the Port of Montreal so far in 2024, breaking last year's record of 1,204 vehicles.
The latest statistics from the federal government might not come as a surprise to those who live in or visited Montreal and had their cars vanish overnight.
The CBSA figures are updated on a monthly basis and were last refreshed on Nov. 7.
By comparison, 650 stolen vehicles in Ontario were seized by border officers so far. Nearly 60 per cent of the 2,108 stolen cars seized by the CBSA at Canadian railyards and ports in 2024 were in Quebec.
The Canada-wide figure is also a new record, surpassing 2023's tally of 1,806.
Most of the cars that are stolen in Canada are routed through the Port of Montreal where they are shipped overseas, mainly to Africa and the Middle East.
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