Police seized $4.2 million in assets including 18 tow trucks, five stolen vehicles, six firearms, 586 rounds of ammunition and various other weapons, according to officers.

Peel Regional Police arrest and charge 18 suspects in Project Outsource targeting and criminal organization involved in the tow truck industry and related to violence and extortion in the South Asian community.

Peel police say officers have arrested 18 people and seized more than $4.2 million in assets following the dismantling of a Brampton-based organized criminal network linked to the towing industry.Investigators released details Monday of an ongoing investigation into a criminal organization believed to be behind a significant number of extortion incidents and related acts of violence in the region.