A series of narcotics searches and an arrest took place in three apartments in an apartment building in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts last Thursday.
According to the spokesman for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), Claude Doiron, the police officers of the station MRC Haute-Gaspésie were accompanied by several investigators and patrol officers from outside the region, with the assistance of investigators from the Major Crimes Investigation Division of the SQ.
They searched three apartments in an apartment building on West 7th Street.
They seized, among other things, approximately 85 grams of cannabis, 1,250 methamphetamine tablets, just over 130 grams of cocaine, a small amount of hashish, 200 prescription drug tablets, a certain amount of cash and various equipment. used for drug traffickingsays Claude Doiron.
The police arrested Sébastien Lemieux. The 42-year-old man subsequently appeared by videoconference to answer charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine, as well as possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine. The suspect remains in custody pending further legal proceedings.
Claude Doiron specifies that it was information received from the public that made it possible to carry out this operation.
He also mentions that the investigation is continuing and that it is not impossible that other people will also be arrested by the police.
The Sûreté du Québec reminds that any information relating to drug trafficking may be communicated at any time, in a confidential manner, to the Criminal Information Center of the Sûreté du Québec at 1-800 659-4264.
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