(Laval) Police report Friday that the operation that allowed firearms and narcotics searches in Laval and the Lower Laurentians on Thursday led to major seizures and the arrest of eight people .
The Laval Police Department (SPL) specifies that among the objects and substances seized are several firearms and ammunition, illicit drug tablets, various narcotics, sums of money, cell phones and five motor vehicles. The police add that other seizures, in connection with offending property, could be made later following their investigation.
The value of seizures made on Thursday is more than $500,000, according to the SPL.
Seven men aged between 26 and 77, as well as a 71-year-old woman, were arrested. These people were all released before returning to court to face charges of drug trafficking and possession of weapons. They would be involved in organized crime.
More than 150 police were deployed early Thursday morning to neutralize the suspects and carry out the searches. The Laval police service benefited from the assistance of police officers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and a few other municipal police forces.
Several incidents involving the use of firearms have occurred over the past year on Laval territory. Less than two weeks ago, a shooting near Montmorency College, which caused a confinement of staff and students, was linked to a street gang according to what the head of the SPL, Pierre Brochet, confirmed.
Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer recently spoke with Public Security Minister François Bonnardel to ask for financial support from the Government of Quebec so that Laval police have the tools they need to break the wave. of crime.