Another member of the Hells Angels had his jacket confiscated but not his jewelry in the colors of the group of bikers, this week, at the Montreal courthouse.
David Lefebvre, 49, an influential member of the Montreal chapter, was facing a summary conviction charge of possession of more than 1,000 Cialis tablets.
The tablets were found at his home as part of an investigation called Pacson through which investigators from the National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO), headed by the Sûreté du Québec, dismantled drug trafficking networks linked to the Hells Angels in 2019.
Last November, Lefebvre had admitted the prosecution’s evidence, but his lawyer had asked to postpone the debate on the seized property belonging to his client because of a judgment of the Court of Quebec which was to be rendered very soon and which would have an influence on this aspect of the file.
Indeed, the following December 7, Judge Dominique Joly of the Court of Quebec rendered a decision in which she ordered the confiscation and destruction of the jackets of a few bikers who had been the subject of investigations, but not accused – another project of ENRCO – because they constituted, it ruled, a tool for the promotion of their criminal activities1.
But at the same time, the magistrate ordered that the jewels in the colors of the Hells Angels be returned to their owners because they are rather used as objects “of pride and belonging”, and that “belonging to a criminal organization is not a crime in itself”.
In the wake of this decision, the prosecution and the defense in Lefebvre’s case have come to an agreement: three Hells Angels jackets belonging to him and documents from the biker group will be confiscated and destroyed, while jewelry, badges , a flag, documents from his garage, a cell phone and the sum of $4,325 will be given to him.
He was also fined $500.
Note that the prosecution decided not to appeal Judge Joly’s decision, but the defense did.
From Pointe-Saint-Charles to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Investigators from Project Pacson, which ran from 2017 to 2019, suspected Lefebvre of controlling, supervising and collecting taxes from the sale of drugs in the southwest of the island of Montreal, in Vaudreuil and Salaberry-de -Valleyfield.
He was the subject of several spinnings, including at least one at the Casino de Montréal. During these physical surveillances, he was observed in the company of other influential members of the Hells Angels and their school clubs.
The police also searched his condo in Sainte-Thérèse and at least one of his businesses, a business selling and renting vehicles in Laval.
Although they found next to nothing at Lefebvre’s properties, Project Pacson investigators found more than 20 kilograms of cocaine, more than $300,000 Canadian, 10 firearms, prohibited weapons and over 3,000 methamphetamine pills during the investigation.
David Lefebvre has a criminal record of using a firearm and possessing drugs for the purpose of trafficking. He had also been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to murder in the wake of Operation SharQc.
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