For a second consecutive week, investigators from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been dismantling clandestine drug production laboratories since Wednesday morning, this time in Montreal.
Posted at 11:35 a.m.
Updated at 12:44 p.m.
C Division (Quebec) of the RCMP announces that late Tuesday evening, investigators from the Mixed Unit for the Fight against Organized Crime (UMECO) broke into a first laboratory for the manufacture of synthetic drug tablets set up in a rue Vianney, in the Saint-Michel district.
This first search led the police to go to a second laboratory, established in an apartment on boulevard Laurentien, in the borough of Saint-Laurent, and in two other residences, on rue Saint-Denis and rue J.-J. – Won, early Wednesday morning.
“When the investigators showed up at the laboratory on Laurentien Boulevard, they realized that it was an active laboratory. They found lots of chemicals and very sophisticated equipment. They assessed that the laboratory had a large production capacity, ”describes Corporal Charles Poirier, spokesperson for C Division in Montreal.
Two vehicles were also searched.
Two individuals were arrested. They are currently being questioned by the police and could later face charges of producing and trafficking drugs.
It is not known if these laboratories are connected to a criminal organization.
The searches on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning have nothing to do with the dismantling of another clandestine laboratory by the RCMP last week in Saint-Jérôme.
The investigation began last January, following information from the Canada Border Services Agency.
An RCMP command post was dispatched to Laurentien Boulevard where the dismantling of the laboratory could take more than 24 hours.
The RCMP is reassuring and affirms that there would be no danger for the population.
Members of the RCMP’s Tactical Intervention Group (ERT) participated in the strikes during which the two suspects reportedly offered no resistance.
Further searches may be carried out as part of this investigation.
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