Police officers from the Sûreté du Québec’s Contraband Investigation Service, in collaboration with the Montreal Police Department, made arrests on February 12 related to illicit cannabis production and possession in the regions of Mauricie, Estrie, Laurentides, Montreal, and New Brunswick.
Police arrested nine men aged between 34 and 75 who lived in the Quebec regions of Mauricie, Estrie, Laurentides, and Montreal and in the Rogersville region of New Brunswick. Six firearms were also seized.
The police operation dismantled what they say was a criminal organization engaged in the production, distribution, and sale of hashish and illicit cannabis in Quebec. The operation involved around thirty police officers and followed an investigation that began in January 2024 following information received from the public.
André Jr. Lacombe, 56, of Shawinigan, and Frankie Thiffeault, 57, of Shawinigan-Sud, appeared at the Shawinigan courthouse on various charges. They remain in custody until their bail hearing, scheduled for March 14.
The other men arrested were released on a promise to appear on March 5, 2025. The suspects were all wanted on arrest warrants for various offences under the Cannabis Act and the Criminal Code, such as:
- Possession of illicit cannabis
- Possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution
- Distribution of illicit cannabis
- Sale of illicit cannabis
- Laundering of proceeds of crime
- Conspiracy
Police note that on November 7 several searches took place as part of the same investigation in which they siezed:
- More than 410 kg of hashish
- About 880 kg of cannabis
- About 23 kg of hashish concentrate
- About two liters of GHB
- Two residences by restraining order
- Three vehicles in criminal property
- $430,000 in Canadian currency
- The equivalent of over a million Canadian dollars in cryptocurrency
- $23,000 USD
- 2000 € Euros
- ₡209,000 Costa Rican colόnes.
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