Four Brampton residents on student visas charged in Oakville vehicle breakins

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Four young men who are in Canada on student visas are charged after 25 vehicles were broken into in Oakville.

In the early hours of Nov. 24, Halton Regional Police were called to neighbourhoods in the area of Rosehill Dr. and Shady Glen Rd. after reports of vehicles that had been broken into overnight,

Police determined three suspects had been in the area in a white Honda Civic.

In a release Tuesday, cops said the suspects located vehicles parked in residential driveways and on the street and broke the windows of 25 vehicles to steal property, including cash, debit cards and credit cards, which were used at commercial locations in the GTA.

On Sunday around 1:35 a.m., police responded to a report of a vehicle being broken into on Meadow Marsh Cr. A white Civic was seen leaving the area and officers performed a traffic stop.

As a result, Gurparkar Singh, 19, Akshdeep Singh, 20, Kanavpreet Singh, 20, and Dilpreet Singh, 21, all from Brampton, were charged with mischief under $5,000. Cops noted in their release that “each accused is currently in Canada on a student visa.”

Police allege three of the suspects are connected to the multiple vehicle break-ins on Nov. 24.

Gurparkar Singh, Akshdeep Singh and Kanavpreet Singh have each been charged with multiple counts of mischief under $5,000, theft under $5,000, fraud under $5,000, and unauthorized use of a credit card.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 905-825-4777 ext. 2216, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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