Weapons, drugs and gold seized during police raids in Gatineau; two charged
Posted Feb 20, 2024 09:49:21 AM.
Last Updated Feb 20, 2024 09:49:25 AM.
An investigation into illicit cannabis trafficking in Gatineau has led to multiple charges and a large list of seized items.
Shortly before 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, the Service de police of the City of Gatineau (SPVG) executed several search warrants in the Buckingham sector.
The warrants targeted 124 Impasse des Pruches and a business and a warehouse garage located at 400 Buckingham Avenue, as well as two vehicles, a Ford F150 truck and a Honda Civic car.
Items seized include the following:
- One electric pulse gun
- Two compressed air guns
- Two brass knuckles
- $3100 in Canadian currency
- More than 6,700 grams of dried illicit cannabis
- More than 470 grams of hashish
- 48 THC vapes
- 1500 milligrams of THC gummies
- Around 120 grams of cocaine
- More than 15 grams of crack
- More than 200 grams of methamphetamine
- More than 20 grams of ecstasy
- 106 prescription drug capsules intended for sale
- Three cell phones
- Two scales
- 17 grams of gold
Two men from Gatineau were arrested and face multiple criminal charges.
The SPVG invites anyone with information regarding the illegal possession of firearms or the possession or sale of cannabis or narcotics to contact its info line at 819 243-4636, option 5. The information is treated confidentially.
