Same day as sentencing in trucker's murder
Jul 03, 2009 - 11:49 AM
By Jeff Mitchell
AJAX -- A trucker who was hijacked in Mississauga was taken to Ajax where his cargo of electronics was unloaded and stolen, police have confirmed.
The incident occurred on the same day a man was sentenced to life in prison for the abduction and murder of a trucker whose body was found in Pickering three years ago.
In Thursday's incident, Peel police said a trucker was accosted by several armed suspects as he left Mississauga. The truck was driven to a location in Ajax and the cargo, $79,000 worth of electronics, was unloaded, Peel police Sergeant Zahir Shah said.
"Investigators believe it was unloaded in Ajax but they aren't saying specifically where," he said.
Media reports indicated the skids of electronics were taken off the truck in south Ajax.
Sgt. Shah said OPP were made aware of the incident when the driver pulled off on Hwy. 401 at about 4 p.m. after being released by the suspects.
The driver was not hurt, he said.
While cargo thefts are not unusual, this incident was remarkable in that the suspects appear to have upped the stakes by abducting and confining the driver, Sgt. Shah said.
"We certainly have these types of thefts but usually they're thefts as opposed to robberies," he said.
The hijacking occurred on the same day that Paul Cyr, of Montreal, was sentenced to life in prison for the abduction and killing of 35-year-old Donald Woods, a Brockville-area trucker whose body was discovered in his rig in Pickering on June 23, 2006.
Mr. Woods's cargo, $40,000 of air-chilled chicken, was stolen and resold.
Jurors returned with a verdict of guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon.
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