Car Thefts in Khanawa:ke
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 27 February 2024
Car thefts have increased drastically in Quebec and Ontario in the last couple of years. So much so, that the government has been publicly trying to do something about it. Especially since most vehicles are shipped overseas out of the port of Montreal. That car theft crime has not skipped Kahnawake. Kaylia Delisle says she’s sure her Chevy Tahoe was marked for theft while she and her family were out for dinner Saturday in the West Island:
“At 7:30 when we pulled in my driver, my husband got a notification saying ‘Air Tag detected’ and from other people’s stories about car thefts, we knew what could possibly happen with an Air Tag. So, he was going around the truck with the ‘Find My App’, when he got to the front end his phone started to beep like crazy, but we weren’t able to see anything because it was dark out. He went around a few times, and for precaution we ended up calling the Peacekeepers.”
An Air Tag is about the size of ‘toonie’ that tracks your location electronically. The PKs looked at her truck, but couldn’t find the Tag, instead they had her park the vehicle in the impound lot for the weekend in order to keep it safe. Yesterday, she brought it to the garage and her mechanic finally found the air tag. Total cost for Delisle $300. Kayla Jacobs of Kahnawake says she found Air Tags on her Toyota ‘Rav 4’ twice in 8 days. First in Verdun on February 13th, and again in Dorval on February 21st:
“It’s nerve-racking. It’s kind of scary because the same night that the first night my car was tagged a car on the OCR was stolen. I’ve been swapping vehicles with my parents because I don’t really want it to happen again. I’ve even thought about getting rid of it and getting a new car, but it’s too much of a hassle to do that.”
Kyle Zachary with the Kahnawa:ke Peacekeepers:
” People that have these types of vehicles, extra vigilance is going to be required. Parking in a well lit area, if you have security cameras, you can focus them on the areas where your vehicle is parked. Just take precautions to prevent these kind of thing from happening.
