More than 125 police officers from 25 different police forces will visit licensed establishments Friday evening, in an operation aimed at putting pressure on groups and individuals involved in the war that gangs have been waging against the Hells Angels in Eastern Quebec for more than a year.
The police will visit bars and restaurants in the regions of Montreal, Quebec, Outaouais, Longueuil, Laval, Mauricie, Saguenay, Lévis, Granby and other cities in the North Shore and South Shore of the metropolis.
Road checks will also be carried out.
“Coordinated by the National Intelligence and Analysis Directorate of the Sûreté du Québec, this concerted operation aims to reiterate a clear message to members of organized crime and anyone ready to commit acts of violence, that the police forces are continuing their actions against armed violence,” the SQ said in a press release.
This operation is being carried out as part of the Centaure National Strategy to combat firearms and also to combat organized crime.
On Friday, Sûreté du Québec police officers also spent the day in Frampton in an operation to collect information, but above all to increase visibility, aimed at reassuring the population.
Died at 14
This police pressure and visibility come at a time when two Hells Angels premises, in Frampton in Beauce, and in Hérouxville, in Mauricie, have been the targets of attacks since Monday night.
In Frampton, a 14-year-old boy from Montreal died in circumstances that are still unclear.
For over a year, a violent conflict has pitted the Hells Angels against a Quebec gang, the Blood Family Mafia, led by Dave Turmel, and independent traffickers, including All Boivin, in several regions of eastern Quebec.
But police believe the two 14-year-olds who allegedly wanted to attack the Hells Angels headquarters in Frampton on Monday were sent by a particularly violent Montreal street gang that is looking to get involved in this war, to get its piece of the pie.
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