Assortment of drugs and over $3,000 seized in illicit cannabis trafficking investigation

Taylor Clark

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 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, beyond 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 possesses 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, option 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