A Scarborough motel that for decades has housed families for the City of Toronto’s shelter system — and is now one of three reserved for that purpose — is being
think it s the police and it may throw the deal. anything else? central gang south. let s get ready to rock and roll. walls and the central gangs unit have completed multiple undercover dope buys in the past five months at places like the lido motel. the addicts, they place calls from those rooms and the drug dealers bring it to them. they re getting room service but it s not champagne and candy. they re getting crack cocaine and guns. he and his fellow officers plan to take down all 24 of their targets in a coordinated sweep with the help of two paid sources working the streets. our whole case is based off of two informants. they have been golden for us, for our team and what we ve been trying to do, you know. we could probably work up there doing buys probably for the next two, three years. but with new targets. that s how many people are actually coming up there on a daily basis to sell narcotics because word is spreading that
just before dawn, the hbt team hits its first target location, the lido motel, where a crack dealer and his family are staying. come on up. give me three guys up here right away. i need to call somebody to get my kids. from the lido motel, the police units split up. one team will take down a high risk target in a residential neighborhood, while another team heads to an apartment complex on the mannheim strip. lieutenant john blair joins the hbt team en route. to suburban north lake. now we ll head over and do our second target. this guy is an enforcer for the latin kings. he s a big target. he s a thorn in the side of the suburbs and we ll be glad to get him locked up.