Two men who were taken hostage and brutally tortured in connection with the violent drug war between the gang of kingpin Dave “Pic” Turmel and the Hells Angels have agreed to recount their ordeal on the show I
“I saw the devil that day,” testified a young man, speaking of the serious abuse inflicted on him by the bloodthirsty members of a commando from the Turmel gang, the BFM (Blood Family Mafia).
Kingpin Dave “Pic” Turmel appears in a video by hip-hop artist Mizery. Screenshot from DmanyakTV Youtube channel COURTESY
Screenshot from the DmanyakTV Youtube channel
However, he had nothing to do with this war that has been raging for a year in the greater Quebec region. This collateral victim of the armed conflict, whose identity our Bureau of Investigation has decided to withhold for security reasons, simply found himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
- Listen to the interview with Éric Thibault, journalist at the Quebecor Bureau of Investigation, via QUB :
“I was at a friend’s house and they showed up to collect money,” he said. It wasn’t me who owed it but they took me anyway.”
Dave Turmel posted this photo of himself in 2019.
Photo taken from Facebook
“This goes too far”
His captors attacked him for a long time, inflicting burns, cuts and lacerations using a screw.
In addition, he was subjected to a simulated drowning, this controversial means of torture which was used by American agents of the CIA to make talk of terrorists incarcerated at the Guantanamo prison, after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
“I was tortured for several days. If I talk about it, it’s going too far. These guys have no emotions,” said the man whom kidnappers kept captive and hid in several places before releasing him.
“I passed out several times…”
“We’re not in Mexico. You can’t do that here,” added the first victim, referring to the torture methods of the ruthless Mexican drug cartels, from which the “Pic” Turmel gang was inspired to terrorize its opponents.
Our Bureau of Investigation released a few videos where BFM henchmen filmed themselves inflicting such abuse, in particular by cutting off the ear of a relative of the bikers with a bladed weapon and ordering him to say that it was all “the fault” of the Hells.
The second victim who agreed to testify about his kidnapping was, by his own admission, close to one of the Hells Angels support clubs.
This man says he endured abuse from BFM soldiers for two whole days.
The victim was notably burned using propane torches. A real torture.
“I passed out several times. Every time I regained consciousness, they started again,” said the man who believed he was going to die that day.
Operation Scandalous
The numerous cases of torture sessions, mutilation and other methods of armed intimidation by the BFM prompted the Sûreté du Québec, assisted by several other police forces, to launch Operation Scandaleux, since February 23.
Police have made 35 arrests so far. Almost all of the people accused are linked to the “Pic” Turmel gang because the majority of crimes committed on the sidelines of this war were perpetrated at the expense of the Hells, their traffickers and their sympathizers.
A contract on his head
Investigators also met several influential members of the Hells from their five chapters in Quebec, including Mario “Banane” Auger, who allegedly exercises control over several drug sales territories in the greater Capitale-Nationale region. The objective of the police was to try to calm things down and dissuade the bikers from getting involved or retaliating in order to prevent the conflict from escalating.
Mario Auger, member in good standing of the Hells Angels of the Quebec chapter, in 2020. COURTESY
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According to our information, this war started by a gang of young rebel traffickers, which the aging members of the Hells of the Quebec chapter were not able to resolve, is causing considerable discontent in the ranks of the most important off-road motorcycle club. the law in the world, in addition to harming their all-powerful image.
There is now a price on Dave Turmel’s head for defying the Hells, according to our sources.
Roobens Denis (left), 32, from Lévis, appears with Dave Turmel in this photo released by Quebec police while they were looking for the duo following an anti-drug investigation, in July 2023.
Photo provided by the SPVQ
The young 27-year-old boss fled the country several months ago, and is believed to be hiding in Portugal, where one of his Quebec lieutenants also on the run, Roobens Denis, was captured last week in a Lisbon hotel. .
This episode of the show I will be broadcast on TVA this Friday evening, at 8 p.m., and rebroadcast on LCN Saturday and Sunday.