The state has secured the seizure of the home of a man suspected of drug trafficking who has been on the run and missing for more than two years.
According to a seizure order consulted by Le Journal, Quebec’s attorney general recently took possession of a single-family home on Beauchemin Street in a residential area of Brossard on Montreal’s south shore.
Poster at the residence on Rue Beauchemin. Photo Martin Chevalier
According to the land registry, the house is worth about $400,000. Its previous owner was Amin Erraki, 32 years old.
His residence was initially the subject of a search as part of the QUALIFIER project, in February 2021 the document reads.
Amin Erraki, missing. Taken from the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala Facebook page
We read that Erraki was found alone at the scene when the tactical intervention group arrived. At the end of the operation he was released.
Guns and Rolexes
At the scene, authorities seized 3.4 grams of hashish, more than 1,140 grams of cocaine, two cell phones, two .45-caliber firearm magazines, two pistols with loaded magazines, a 12-gauge rifle, a Rolex watch and just over $600 .
They also discovered $30,000 and a second Rolex watch in a safe.
On March 4, 2021, Erraki was declared missing by his family.
According to authorities, he ran away shortly after the police operation to avoid justice.
Two months later, Erraki was nevertheless charged with drug possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of illegal weapons.
Of course he was absent from his performance.
Seen on‘Stranger
On the same days, he was allegedly seen and checked in Casablanca, Morocco, without providing an address.
According to a wanted notice posted on the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala’s Facebook page, he may have been there or in Mohammedia.
Taken from the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala Facebook page
A pan-Canadian arrest warrant was subsequently issued to track him down.
In August 2021, he purchased a return ticket to Canada while traveling with his mother, according to court documents.
When he got off the plane, authorities were preparing to arrest him, but he wasn’t there, as you can read.
And the following October, they say, he took a flight from Casablanca to Panama and then to Cali, Colombia.
He reportedly took another flight from Panama to Costa Rica shortly afterwards.
Still alive?
Furthermore, based on our information, authorities now have reason to believe he may be dead.
The watches and money seized during the search in February 2021 were handed over to his lawyer.
According to a decision issued in April 2022, his mother was appointed guardian of his property.
The case of his co-defendants must be heard again this Friday at the Longueuil courthouse.
– With Valérie Gontier and Philippe Langlois, Investigation Bureau