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Arrested in Mountie swoop on major Metro diamond dealers, one of 17 suspected of fraud covers face with cap borrowed from unidentified Metro policeman(...)
Arrested in Mountie swoop on major Metro diamond dealers, one of 17 suspected of fraud covers face with cap borrowed from unidentified Metro policeman(...)

Arrested in Mountie swoop on major Metro diamond dealers, one of 17 suspected of fraud covers face with cap borrowed from unidentified Metro policeman(...)

Date6/7/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Arrested in Mountie swoop on major Metro diamond dealers; one of 17 suspected of fraud covers face with cap borrowed from unidentified Metro policeman. Metro police lent paddy wagon for raid; which took place just before noon and climaxed more than a year of investigation.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120023F
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Leaving courthouse: James Leslie Anderson, 322, covers his face as he and an OPP officer leave the Gueiph courthouse after his bail hearing was put over
Leaving courthouse: James Leslie Anderson, 322, covers his face as he and an OPP officer leave the Gueiph courthouse after his bail hearing was put over
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Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
6/10/1991
Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
6/10/1991
Suspect Douglas Green, left, faces an attempted murder charge in the shooting of a Metro policeman who may lose an arm
Suspect Douglas Green, left, faces an attempted murder charge in the shooting of a Metro policeman who may lose an arm
2/20/1979
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Hostage suspect: A policeman holds the suspect arrested yesterday after a woman was abducted from her office and taken on a wild, three-hour ride in a commandeered taxi
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Suspect arrested: Police put 17-year-old Michael Anthony Willis into a cruiser following a report of a break-in on the South Kingsway
Suspect arrested: Police put 17-year-old Michael Anthony Willis into a cruiser following a report of a break-in on the South Kingsway
1/14/1982
Charged with fraud and conspiracy in connection with the near collapse of British Mortagage and Trust in 1965 are, from left, former Stratford mayor W(...)
Charged with fraud and conspiracy in connection with the near collapse of British Mortagage and Trust in 1965 are, from left, former Stratford mayor W(...)
6/19/1969
Charged with impersonation and fraud, Terry Patrick Dupuis (right), 27, of no fixed address, is led from downtown hotel by police. He is alleged to ha(...)
Charged with impersonation and fraud, Terry Patrick Dupuis (right), 27, of no fixed address, is led from downtown hotel by police. He is alleged to ha(...)
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Hostage suspect: Police lead away a man suspected of holding a woman hostage with a pair of scissors at a bridge club last night
Hostage suspect: Police lead away a man suspected of holding a woman hostage with a pair of scissors at a bridge club last night
1/23/1981
3rd escaper: Suspected bank robber, Brian Bush is returned to Toronto last night after his arrest near Lindsay by Opp
3rd escaper: Suspected bank robber, Brian Bush is returned to Toronto last night after his arrest near Lindsay by Opp
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