Police arrest 5 youths in connection to GTA robberies

Peel police arrested five youths in Brampton early Saturday in connection with a string of robberies across the GTA earlier this week.

The five people, all under 18, were driving in a stolen vehicle and arrested just after midnight, said Cst. Harinder Sohi.

The arrests happened after a collision with a police vehicle in the area of Williams Parkway and Centre Street, he said.

Police said nobody was injured in the collision. The province's Special Investigations Unit was sent to the scene, but Sohi said the SIU decided not to invoke its mandate.

Police issued a public safety advisory earlier this week after a group of males allegedly carried out "up to 15" robberies across the GTA Wednesday night and into Thursday.

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