Stephen Taub says he knew exactly where a Range Rover stolen from his Toronto driveway was located, thanks to a tracking device. But he had to travel all the way to Montreal himself to recover it.
The luxury SUV effectively disappeared, Taub said, prompting him to buy a second Range Rover installed with a radio-frequency tracking device. Taub’s stolen luxury vehicles are part of a countrywide surge in vehicle thefts that has reached a “crisis level,” according to a June report from insurance industry group Equite Association.
Taub said he was frustrated by what he called the lacklustre efforts of both police and the CBSA to recover his stolen vehicle tracked to the Port of Montreal. He said he ultimately travelled to the CBSA office in Montreal on May 22, and the agency arranged for him to retrieve his Range Rover from the container at the port the next day.CBSA media relations manager Guillaume Bérubé did not directly confirm or deny Taub’s account in an emailed response to The Canadian Press.