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14-year-old boy abducted by two suspects from Toronto’s north end was taken after his stepbrother was allegedly involved in the theft of approximately $4 million worth of cocaine, police say.
Toronto Police Supt. Steve Watts provided an update to reporters Thursday evening, just over 24 hours after police were called by Shammah Jolayemi’s father to report he was missing.
“We believe that Shammah was abducted as retribution for an unpaid drug debt. Investigators believe that Shammah’s brother, Olalekan Osikoya, owes a large debt in relation to a multi-kilo cocaine rip and has since left the [Greater Toronto Area],” he said.
“This is a live abduction.”
Watts said the drug theft happened in the summer of 2019. He said approximately 100 kilograms of cocaine was taken and that it’s worth around $4 million. He described some of those involved in the incident as “high-level cocaine traffickers.”
