BRAMPTON, ONT. — Peel Region police say they have arrested 18 people, including three teens, as part of an investigation into an organized crime network linked to multiple violent home invasions, armed robberies and carjackings.

Police say the months-long investigation, dubbed Project Warlock, began after a series of home invasion-style robberies and carjackings in Peel Region and throughout the Greater Toronto Area late last year.

Those arrested including a 14-year-old and two 17-year-olds, with more than 150 criminal charges laid against the 18 suspects{ai:summary}<p>The Peel Region police have rounded up 18 suspects, three of them barely out of their teens, in a sweep against a sinister organized crime outfit. Their scheme unraveled after a string of brutal home invasions and carjackings shook the Greater Toronto Area. </p><p>It was a gritty play of the underworld, but justice had its turn. #crime</p>

18 people arrested after Toronto-area robbery and carjacking investigation

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