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Two Hells Angels Arrested In Crackdown On Alleged Drug Ring In Quebec

The Canadian Press, 15 Aug, 2018 11:47 AM
    SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec provincial police say two Hells Angels members have been arrested in a crackdown on an alleged drug trafficking ring in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
     
     
    Police say those arrested include the alleged head of the network, Bernard Plourde, who is described as a member in good standing of the gang's Trois-Rivieres chapter.
     
     
    In a release, police say the 55-year-old Plourde is facing charges of drug trafficking, conspiracy and gangsterism.
     
     
    Police say a warrant was executed at his Saguenay-area home and that vehicles belonging to Plourde were also seized.
     
     
    Another Hells Angels member, Jean-Francois Bergeron, of Desbiens, was also arrested along with two other men.
     
     
    Provincial police say the arrests are the second phase of an operation dubbed Nocif (Toxic) aimed at dismantling a vast network.
     
     
    Last November, authorities made 24 arrests in the Saguenay region as well as Montreal and the Monteregie area in southwestern Quebec.
     
     
    Ahead of a gathering of Hells Angels last weekend, a police spokesman said the Angels control between 95 and 98 per cent of drug trafficking market in the province.

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