Key Takeaways
- Peel Police's Safer Roads Team charged Tarman Toor, 24, of Brampton, after a three-month investigation into illegal street racing in Mississauga and Toronto.
- Police say the driver raced a red BMW M3 with no licence plates while concealing his identity with a ski mask, including incidents on August 30 and twice on September 26.
- Toor faces nine charges — Dangerous Operation ×3, Disguise with Intent ×3 and Race a Motor Vehicle ×3 — and Peel says 214 stunt-driving charges have been laid across the region .
No Plates, a Ski Mask — and the Same Red BMW, Again and Again
For three months, Peel Police's Safer Roads Team kept encountering the same unsettling combination: a red BMW M3, no licence plates and a driver hiding behind a ski mask. The car kept appearing at illegal street races in Mississauga and Toronto.
On November 8, Peel Regional Police announced that the investigation had ended with an arrest.
Police say officers first observed the M3 racing on August 30 at about 1:06 a.m. near Explorer Drive and Satellite Drive. On September 26, the same car was allegedly seen racing twice in one day — near Meadowpine Boulevard and Danbro Crescent, where it allegedly ran a red light at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Highway 401, and later near Clayson Road and Bartor Road in Toronto.
On October 28, officers executed a Criminal Code search warrant at a residence in Brampton and arrested Tarman Toor, 24, of Brampton. He is charged with Dangerous Operation (×3), Disguise with Intent (×3) and Race a Motor Vehicle (×3) — nine charges in total. He is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date. The charges have not been proven in court.
The investigation is part of a wider enforcement picture: so far this year, 214 stunt-driving charges have been laid across Peel Region, alongside 119 Highway Traffic Act–related arrests. "Illegal street racing is a clear and present danger to all roadway users," Deputy Chief Marc Andrews said in the release, commending the Safer Roads Team for its work identifying the driver.
Anyone with information can contact the Safer Roads Team at 905-453-2121, extension 3730.
The Twikup Take
A car with no plates and a driver in a ski mask is difficult to identify on the road. But the repeated appearances of the same red BMW M3 gave investigators a pattern to follow. Three months later, that investigation led to an arrest.
Nine charges now stand between the accused and a court appearance — and the case is another reminder that illegal street racing puts everyone sharing the road at risk.
Image: Red BMW M3 seized in the investigation, Peel Regional Police.