Police in Quebec have arrested six and seized a large quantity of cannabis following a series of seven searches of places and five vehicles in Shawinigan, Montreal and Saint-Armand.
In an announcement on November 8, the Sûreté du Québec’s Cannabis Smuggling Investigation Service, in collaboration with the Montreal Police Department and partner municipal police services, said the arrests and searches were in connection with illicit cannabis operations.
Police actions started with the dismantling of a hashish production laboratory operating in Saint-Armand, near the US border, followed by the arrest of six men between the ages of 34 and 71.
Police seized
- 390 kg of hashish
- 1,475 kg of cannabis (Kief and buds)
- 23 kg of hashish concentrate (wax, oil)
- 2 L of GHB
- Over CAD$185,000
- Over USD$10,000
- 1 vehicle seized as an infringing property
Police say the operation deployed 70 police officers, including dog handlers from the Sûreté du Québec.
