Toronto police arrest three military members in cryptocurrency abduction investigation
CP24's press conference upload details an alleged attempt to seize a man's crypto assets and the discovery of ammunition police say was stolen from the military.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 88,107 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (7,287).
Violent abduction targeting man’s crypto assets leads to arrest of 3 CAF members: Toronto police
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Press to jump
- 0:00Demkiw says suspects in a gunpoint abduction sought access to the victim's cryptocurrency assets.
- 0:40Police announce seven arrests and 82 charges; three accused are Canadian Armed Forces members.
- 4:18Matthews lists seized weapons and drugs, then says ammunition and magazines had been stolen from the military.
- 6:03Journalists ask about possible organized-crime links, military weapon sources and the kidnapping pattern.
- 10:44The questioning shifts to bike lane removal; Demkiw says no injunction prevents the work.
- 14:00The camera shows evidence tables holding firearms, magazines, ammunition and cash-counting equipment.
The man was approaching his vehicle near Toronto's Finch and Bayview avenues when he was handcuffed and assaulted, police say. Investigators say the July abduction targeted his access to cryptocurrency assets.
CP24's upload of the police news conference lays out an investigation that led to seven arrests, including three members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Police announced 82 charges across the case, including kidnapping for ransom, forcible confinement, firearms offenses and possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Chief Myron Demkiw describes firearms with 3D-printed receivers among the seized evidence. Detective Chief Superintendent J. Matthews says ammunition and over-capacity magazines had been stolen from the Canadian Armed Forces. The arrests and charges are allegations, not findings of guilt.
The upload reached nearly 50,000 views in its first nine hours, already well beyond CP24's usual full-day audience for regular videos. It was not the broadcaster's only unusually widely watched Toronto report: coverage of protesters attempting to block bike lane removal also drew substantially more views than usual.
That subject enters the news conference itself when journalists ask Demkiw about the removals. Readers looking specifically for the abduction investigation will find the main police account and questions earlier in the video; around the fourteen-minute mark, the camera turns to tables displaying seized guns, magazines and ammunition.
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- Channel
- CP24
- Subscribers
- 380,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,521,236
- Channel views, pace per day
- 938,014 (on a normal day: 439,166)
- Video published
- October 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 49,764 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 88,107
The numbers
The abduction news conference passed CP24's usual first-day audience within its opening nine hours. Separate bike lane reports also drew unusually large audiences.
