The Sûreté du Québec conducted a search in Beauce on Wednesday as part of a firearms investigation into the Hells Angels.
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Police struck at around 7 p.m. in several buildings in the 2nd row in Frampton, where the Hells had organized the 35th anniversary of the Quebec chapter in the spring of 2023.
More than twenty agents were on site.
The search was carried out as part of a firearms investigation. Photo Jean-Philippe Guilbault
In addition to the SQ investigators, agents from the Quebec City Police Department and the Lévis Police Department were also mobilized for this operation.
The tactical task force and dog handlers were also on site.
The Sûreté du Québec tactical group was mobilized for the search in Frampton. Photo Jean-Philippe Guilbault
A little later in the evening, the SQ confirmed that three men had been arrested in Beauce as part of this search. Weapons and ammunition were also confiscated.
The climate in the organized crime world is particularly tense in Quebec, as drug traffickers no longer want to pay the Hells Angels the 10 percent “tax” that allows them to sell their drugs in the capital.
In addition, the police have been putting pressure on the group of criminal bikers since the end of August.
They then searched around fifteen locations in Montreal and the North Crown in connection with drug trafficking. This operation led to a new strike in Mauricie in mid-September.
Several firearms, drugs and more than $750,000 cash were seized.
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