Two people involved in the methamphetamine and cocaine production laboratory in Danville, which was dismantled in June 2020, will have to serve behind bars.
Emmanuel Pereira, who pleaded guilty on April 4 to making methamphetamine, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. By reducing the time already served, since he has been incarcerated since the trial began, he still has to serve nine years and three months.
The sentence was imposed following a joint suggestion by defense attorney Gilles Doré and Émilie Baril-Côté, from the public prosecutor’s office.
After considering the aggravating and mitigating factors, it was a cumulative sentence of 13 years less than 22 months remand, which was double-calculated under the conditions of COVID-19.explained Justice Charbonneau.
As for Roxanne Savard, who also pleaded guilty to both cases, she went to jail, but her sentence will be imposed on her on January 6, 2023. She arrived at Sherbrooke courthouse carrying her backpack containing her personal belongings. . He had to provide the keys of his Audi Q5 vehicle as well as recordings, the vehicle was taken as possession in connection with the offense.
From the inmate’s box, Emmanuel Pereira looked Roxanne Savard in the eye for seconds before Judge France Charbonneau of the Superior Court imposed his sentence.
One of the largest laboratories in Quebec
The Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions noted that the laboratory, located in a warehouse in Chemin Castelbar, is one of the largest in Quebec. The Sûreté du Québec seized one and a half kilograms of cocaine, all equipment used in the preparation and sale of this drug, and 74 kilograms of methamphetamine. Each kilogram of this substance makes approximately 50,000 amphetamine pills, which sell for between ten dollars and five dollars on the market. As for cocaine, the kilo reached $ 85,000 during the pandemic, according to lawyer and penal prosecutor Me Émilie Baril-Côté.
He also mentioned that it is rare for the police to find and dismantle such a cocaine production laboratory.
In addition to his involvement in drug production, Emmanuel Pereira, who has a criminal record, also admitted his involvement in the cocaine cutting done there.
The Sûreté du Québec opened this investigation in October 2019 as part of the Product project.
Source: Radio-Canada
