Published March 6, 2024

Taylor Clark

LJI Reporter

Following an investigation executed in recent months, the Service de police de la Ville de

Gatineau arrested and seized a long list of items related to illicit cannabis trafficking after several

searches in the Buckingham sector on February 15.

With assistance from the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau Intervention Group,

investigators executed various search warrants shortly before 9:00 am. The warrants targeted 124

Impasse des Pruches as well as a business and warehouse garage at 400 Avenue de Buckingham.

An additional two warrants targeted a Ford F150, where more than $900 in cash, a cell phone,

and a THC vape were seized, along with a Honda Civic with more than $100 in cash and an air

gun.

Among the long list of items seized were $3,100 in Canadian currency, more than 6,700 grams of

dried illicit cannabis, over 470 grams of hashish, 28 THC vapes, 1,500 milligrams of THC

gummies, around 120 grams of cocaine, an excess of 15 grams of crack, more than 200 grams of

methamphetamine, more than 20 grams of ecstasy and 106 prescription drug capsules.

Two men from Gatineau were arrested and will face charges under the Cannabis Act as well as

the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

The investigation was carried out as part of the ACCES Cannabis program, which was

implemented in 2018 by the Government of Quebec to intensify the fight against the supply of

illicit cannabis throughout Quebec. Since 2019, the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau has

had a team of three investigators working to detect and dismantle illegal networks in Gatineau.

The Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau called upon anyone with information regarding the

illegal possession of firearms, the possession or sale of cannabis or narcotics in the area to

contact its information line at (819) 243-4636, extension five. The information would be treated

as confidential.

Photo caption: The Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau has arrested two Gatineau men in

connection to an investigation of illicit cannabis trafficking on February 15 in the Buckingham

sector.

Photo credit: Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau Facebook

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