Montreal police strike gold in firearms-and-drug raid

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Police struck gold — actually — throughout a collection of daring raids in Montreal and Laval Tuesday night time as they busted up an alleged firearms-and-drug-trafficking ring.

Police arrested seven folks and seized 9 firearms, a kilogram of cocaine, and a kilo and a half of methamphetamine. Additionally they confiscated $500,000 in money and “a big amount of gold.”

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“The precise worth of the valuable metals seized has but to be decided, however is estimated to be within the tons of of 1000’s of {dollars},” the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) declared in a press release.

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Three of Tuesday night time’s raids had been carried out in residences and residences in Montreal’s east finish, from which the group is alleged to have operated. A home within the Pont-Viau space of Laval was additionally raided.

“The investigation that led to the bust was the fruit of an investigation launched earlier this 12 months by the (Montreal) Jap Area’s multi-sectoral firearms staff (EMAF),” the SPVM added. “In the middle of its work, the investigative unit was capable of collect proof on the community. Quite a few SPVM models and the Sûreté du Québec additionally supported the EMAF in its investigative work.”

Seven people had been charged Wednesday on the Montreal courthouse with varied offenses, together with firearms and drug trafficking. One of many seven was conditionally launched till her subsequent courtroom date. Her alleged accomplices will stay in custody throughout this era.

The investigation is continuous with a view to hint the origin of the weapons seized and to find out whether or not they might have been utilized in any crimes of armed violence.

Anybody with further details about the alleged ring can contact 911 or their native police station. It is usually potential to contact Information-Crime anonymously at 514-393-1133 or by way of the reporting type obtainable at infocrimemontreal.ca.

The SPVM raids are a part of Centaure, a provincial authorities technique launched in 2018 to fight gun violence. Centaure is receiving $246.7 million in funding by the federal and provincial governments till 2026-2027. Of that quantity, $104 million is specializing in prevention; $138.8 million on so-called repression (Tuesday’s raids had been a part of that technique); and $3.9 million for the “growth of data and experience.”

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