https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...s-arretes-dans-la-region-de-montreal.phpTwenty suspected traffickers arrested in the Montreal area
SPVM police on Thursday arrested about 20 suspected drug traffickers during an operation that is practically a "copy and paste" of a strike against the same individuals four years ago.
Investigators from the Crime of Violence section (CDV) in the North region conducted about 20 searches in Montreal, Laval and Terrebonne, and arrested nearly 20 people, including the alleged head of the network, Yanick Gionet, 49, and his colleagues. two alleged assistants, Gilles Brisebois, 70 years old and Gilles Saint-Amand, 51 years old.
In 2015, the same individuals had been arrested in the dismantling of a drug trafficking network that controlled the same sector, the Plateau-Mont-Royal bars.
Yanick Gionet (left) and Jean-Guy Bourgouin ... (PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK) - image 2.0
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Yanick Gionet (left) and Jean-Guy Bourgouin
Two other men, Michel Perreault and Gérald Fetherston, and four women, Annie Lamarche, Geneviève Labelle, Diane Charrette and Lise-Anne Clément, were charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy to smuggle drugs Friday afternoon at the Palais de Justice. from Montreal.
The five men will be spending the weekend behind bars, as the prosecution has objected to their release and their bail hearing was set for Monday for fitness. The four women were released under conditions. The others were released on a promise to appear.
During the search, the bloodhounds seized 300 grams of cocaine, 2,000 grams of marijuana, 3.42 grams of hashish and over $ 18,000 Canadian.
According to the SPVM, the network would be linked to bikers. According to our information, Yanick Gionet is close to Jean-Guy Bourgouin, a former member of the Rockers, a former club school Hells Angels. The two men pose together on photos posted on Yanick Gionet's Facebook page.
Following his arrest in 2015, Gionet pleaded guilty to conspiracy and drug trafficking, and was sentenced to 36 months. He was released from prison in 2017 and is therefore suspected of having returned to service.
