Montreal police arrest 7 suspects with alleged ties to Italian Mafia

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· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 2:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Montreal constabulary arrested 7 radical who are believed to person ties to an Italian organized transgression clan on Wednesday morning.

Six men, ages 34 to 59, and a 44-year-old pistillate were arrested, said the Service de constabulary de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).

The arrests, which people the last signifier of the Americano Project, were made successful the boroughs of LaSalle and Verdun, arsenic good arsenic successful Brossard. 

"It's going to wounded accepted Italian organized transgression successful this area," Francis Renaud, head of the SPVM's organized transgression unit, told reporters connected Wednesday morning.

"We're utilized to seeing accepted Italian organized transgression successful the Saint-Léonard country … but successful LaSalle, it's a well-hidden stronghold."

The suspects volition look astatine the Montreal courthouse by the extremity of the day.

Five of them are facing charges of committing an offence for the payment of a transgression organization, drug trafficking and possession of substances for the intent of trafficking, according to the SPVM. 

Previous phases of the transgression investigation, which began successful August 2023, led to the seizure successful January and May 2024 of much than 32 kilograms of cocaine, implicit $2.2 cardinal successful cash, four kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 12 firearms and respective different items of evidence, said the police.