The Montreal Police Department has arrested 10 suspects in the dismantling of a network of drug traffickers in the west of Montreal. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and narcotics, as well as firearms, were seized.
Posted at 3:50 p.m.
The apprehended suspects all appeared at the Montreal courthouse last Friday. Vincent Roy, Mohamed Ali Hraoui, Alexandre Grigoras, Bradley Provencher, and Ajay Ambreya Singh – all between the ages of 23 and 25 – face multiple charges, including drug possession and trafficking and possession of firearms. fire. The SPVM also arrested five other people, three women and two men, who would have played a secondary role within the network, according to a press release.
Searches were carried out in several cities and boroughs on the west island of Montreal, including Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Geneviève, Pierrefonds and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Others also took place in downtown Montreal and Quebec City.
A total of four firearms were seized. Other types of weapons, more than $200,000 of various narcotics, such as cocaine, crack, Xanax, Dilaudid, isotonitazene, Viagra, speed, hashish, cannabis and mushrooms hallucinogens were also confiscated. The whole thing was worth $200,000. In addition, the investigation resulted in the seizure of $100,000 in cash.
The SPVM acted in collaboration with the Quebec City Police Service and benefited from the support of the National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO), according to the press release.
Anyone with information regarding such criminal activities can contact 911, their neighborhood station, Info-Crime Montréal (514 393-1133) or via the reporting form available on the infocrimemontreal.ca website.