After the searches, the arrests were made. Police on Thursday morning handcuffed 17 suspects suspected of involvement in a major drug trafficking network in the greater area.
This series of arrests follows searches conducted in November 2021 and March 2022 as part of the same Regional Mixed Squad (ERM) Rive-North investigation.
During these searches, police were able to seize astronomical amounts of narcotics, firearms and various pieces of evidence, allowing the evidence against the targeted suspects to be expanded.
During the investigation, police were able to seize more than 104 kg of cocaine, almost 41 kg of cannabis, a few thousand methamphetamine tablets, eight firearms, two silencers, magazines, almost $200,000 in cash and eight Rolex watches with a total value of about $147,000 .
The suspects arrested in this strike are Martin Dazé, 36; Timothy Taylor, 44; Patrick Briere, 46 years old; Marc-André Joannette-Casimir, 40; Danny Legault, 50; Damien Neron-Lacroix, 32 years old; Marc-André Hamel, 36; Henriette Aoun Abou-Arrage, 70; Roula Barak, 50; Samira Oarab, 41; Ghizlane Ouarab, 38; Abdelilah Et-Taib, 26; Konstantinos Stathopoulos, 31; Luis David Roy De Rodriguez, 30; Cedrik Cazzetta parent, 30; Christian Rufiange, 39, and Sandra Abou-Arrage, 42.
Police have not yet arrested Steve Abou-Arrage, 51, and Andy Abou-Arrage, 30, who still have warrants out.
All suspects arrested were due to appear at the Laval courthouse on Thursday on various narcotics and firearms charges and were then to be conditionally released.
More than 80 police officers from various units of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and the affected municipal police services were on site on Thursday.