2 youths among 8 charged in connection with smash-and-grab robberies in Ontario, police say

Screengrab of a CCTV where people, dressed in all black, grabbing things from a showcase cabinet inside a store.

The Halton Regional Police Service has laid over 50 charges following several smash-and-grab robberies in Ontario between Jan. 25 and March 17, in what the deputy police chief is calling “the first major crackdown” on such thefts impacting businesses.