TIMELINE: Five Point Generalz’ violent past

Posted June 21, 2018 1:25 pm.

Last Updated June 22, 2018 2:44 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Toronto police say they’ve arrested 75 people associated with a street gang known as the Five Point Generalz or 5PG.

This is not the first time the gang — based in North York but with ties to the U.S. and the Caribbean — has made headlines in Toronto.

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