Serge Lebrasseur, a member of the Hells Angels from the Trois-Rivières section, was arrested early Wednesday morning at his residence in Sorel-Tracy, for drug trafficking.
In addition to Lebrasseur, seven other individuals, including a member of the Mean Tribe, a subordinate Hells Angels club based in Sorel-Tracy, were also apprehended by members of the Montérégie Regional Mixed Squad (ERM), led by the Sûreté du Quebec.
Lebrasseur was arrested by members of the SQ’s Tactical Intervention Group. The others were apprehended at their residences in Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Gérard-Majella, Yamaska and Massueville, and one was arrested in a detention center. The suspects were transported to the headquarters of the SQ, rue Parthenais in Montreal.
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Other suspects arrested on Wednesday.
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Other suspects arrested on Wednesday.
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Other suspects arrested on Wednesday.
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They are expected to face counts of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine, possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, conspiracy, laundering the proceeds of crime and a charge of possession of a weapon for one of them, Wednesday afternoon, at the Sorel-Tracy courthouse.
Final sweep
This is the final sweep of an investigation called Quincajou and started in November 2020 which takes place on Wednesday morning.
Three waves of searches took place in May and June 2021, including one at the Lebrasseur residence and at the Mean Tribe premises on rang Sainte-Thérèse, in Sorel-Tracy.
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The police raided the Mean Tribe premises, on rang Sainte-Thérèse in Sorel-Tracy, on June 30, 2021.
During these searches, the sleuths had notably seized various quantities of drugs, thousands of methamphetamine tablets, approximately $200,000 in cash, about fifteen cases of contraband alcohol and firearms.
Lebrasseur and the other individuals arrested are suspected of having been part of a network of drug traffickers which operated in the Sorel-Tracy sector and which would not have hesitated to use violence and intimidation to control the sale of drugs in the area and smuggling alcohol.
About 40 police officers took part in the strike on Wednesday morning.
Well known in Sorel
Serge Lebrasseur, 59, is very well known in the Sorel-Tracy region, which constitutes his sector, according to the police.
A former member of the Rowdy Crew, the defunct school club of the Hells Angels, he became a member of the international criminal organization in December 1998.
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Serge Lebrasseur
Initially, he was part of the Montreal section at the start before being transferred to that of Trois-Rivières.
Like almost all members of the Hells Angels in Quebec, Lebrasseur was arrested in Operation SharQc in April 2009.
Like the vast majority of Hells Angels, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to murder and was released in 2015.
In May 2021, he was sentenced to five months in prison for intimidating a security guard near the Sorel-Tracy-Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola ferry two years earlier and for breaking a condition of release.
His Hells Angels jacket had been confiscated for destruction during the proceedings.
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