Three Canadian Armed Forces members charged after Toronto abduction probe found stolen military ammunition

Toronto Police said they arrested three members of the Canadian Armed Forces as part of an abduction-for-ransom probe that expanded after investigators uncovered a large cache of ammunition allegedly stolen from the military.

Police described the operation as evolving from a single abduction report into a broader investigation that recovered roughly 2,500 rounds of ammunition, about half of them blanks, plus five over-capacity magazines. According to The Globe and Mail, the probe began on July 25 when officers responded to a reported abduction near Finch Avenue East and Bayview Avenue.

Police said the victim was allegedly targeted for his cryptocurrency, taken at gunpoint, handcuffed, assaulted and later released; within 24 hours investigators identified a suspect vehicle and arrested two suspects, the account says.

Search warrants executed across the Greater Toronto Area, The Globe and Mail reported, turned up two 3D-printed handguns, a shotgun, two silencers and illicit drugs in addition to the recovered ammunition.

Toronto Police told the paper that the inquiries now name seven accused in the active investigation and that three of those accused are serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

The Department of National Defence identified two previously arrested service members by name as Talarambage Sachintha Fernando and James Moreau and described them as bombardiers with the 7 Toronto Regiment. The Globe and Mail said DND removed Fernando and Moreau from duties and restricted their access following their Aug. 11 arrest.

The paper also reported police arrested a 24-year-old service member, Jack Miley, on Sept. 24; Toronto Police did not comment on his rank and DND did not immediately respond to requests for comment, the report added.

Chief Myron Demkiw was quoted in The Globe and Mail as saying the case "became much larger" than the original abduction probe and stressing that no one is above the law. The Globe and Mail account frames the investigation as connected to recovered military property and emphasizes the mix of recovered items from search warrants.

Police have said the investigation remains active and that seven people are accused in the case; The Globe and Mail provided the detailed counts of recovered ammunition and listed the names and administrative actions for the two DND-identified service members.

The reporting limits its factual claims to what police and DND disclosed about arrests, recovered material and administrative steps taken with the named soldiers.