Police in Canada have laid 137 charges against 23 people and recovered almost £3 million worth of stolen cars, drugs, cash... and Nutella.

An entire trailer filled with the chocolate-hazelnut spread, valued at £13,000 was seized by police in Vaughan, Ontario, along with 60 vehicles worth £2 million, and alcohol, car parts and cash.

During the investigation police also uncovered a kidnapping plot, drug trafficking, weapons possession, and cargo theft.

York Regional Police launched an investigation in 2015 into what they suspected to be an organised crime gang with ties to criminal activity including vehicle thefts, after they noticed an increase in cars stolen while they were warming up on owners' drives in the early hours of the mornings.

Police uncovered the activity in March after they followed two vehicles stolen from the same driveway to a garage which they believed to be operated by the crime gang.

The operation was dubbed Project Cyclone based on the way the vehicles were concealed by removing the Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) and replacing them with those which had been shipped abroad.

Among those charged was 60-year-old Balwinder Dhaliwal, dubbed the "King of Car Thieves".