Update: Solaiman Nassimi, wanted in the abduction investigation, has turned himself in to police. An update on charges will be released tomorrow. Thank you to the media and the public for their assistance with this ongoing investigation.
Four men have been arrested and a total of 30 charges have been laid after an innocent 14-year-old boy was violently abducted in early March for his step-brother’s alleged involvement in a drug rip-off worth more than $4 million – and Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders says the investigation is not over yet.
While announcing the arrests at a news conference on Thursday morning, Saunders said his “primary reason for being here” is to help investigators find a fifth suspect.
“We’ve got one person, you have photos of that person and that’s the key reason why I’m here today,” the police chief said. “We want this person located, apprehended, he does pose a danger to the community and we want to bring everyone involved in this before the judicial system.”
In the evening hours of March 4, an Amber Alert was issued for a teenage boy after police say he was tackled to the ground and forcibly pushed into a Jeep Wrangler in the area of Jane Street and Driftwood Avenue while walking to school at around 8:30 a.m.
Witnesses told police at the time that they heard a boy screaming “help me, help me” as two men forced him into a waiting vehicle.
“The service has confirmed that the young man was not, and is not, involved in any criminality whatsoever,” Saunders said on Thursday.
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