About a hundred police officers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) landed in Mohawk territory, late Tuesday morning, to conduct searches in commercial buildings belonging to the “Queen of Kanesatake”, the drug trafficker Sharon Simon .
According to our information, the police searched four places on the reservation: Sharon Simon’s main residence, her new casino, her gas station and her “potty shack”.
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At dinner time, several police officers were on the scene, as well as an armored truck. Given the historical tensions between Mohawks and police, the police were ready for any eventuality and several intervention units were on site in the event of an overflow.
According to our information, several police officers who were given the mandate to go to Kanesatake to ensure the smooth running of the operation were not particularly keen on the idea of setting foot in Kanesatake.
“When we go there, we can’t help but think of Marcel Lemay,” said an SQ policeman on condition of anonymity, referring to the corporal killed during the Oka crisis in July 1990. .
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However, the presence of the security forces in Kanesatake did not give rise to any disgraceful incident.
According to our information, no arrest was planned in this case, since it is “searches under investigation” in drug trafficking.
Listen to the interview with Paul Laurier, ex-policeman at the Sûreté du Québec on QUB radio:
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It is also within the framework of this same investigation that the police have carried out several searches in recent weeks at the homes of influential members of the Hells Angels, including Martin Robert and Stéphane Plouffe.
Sharon Simon, a very well-known face in Kanesatake, is the mother of Annie Arbic, whose lavish wedding to powerful Hells Angels member Martin Robert in the heart of downtown Montreal caused much ink to flow. in 2018.
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As part of this same investigation, police officers from the Sûreté du Québec carried out a search of the luxurious residence of Hells Robert Barletta, in Saint-Jérôme, in the Laurentians.
Barletta is a former member of the Hells from the London, Ont., chapter, but has since moved to Quebec soil. He is still part of the criminal gang.
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During the visit of the QMI Agency to the scene, organized crime investigators were busy searching Barletta’s Porsche brand sport utility vehicle, looking for evidence. Other police officers were inside the motorcyclist’s opulent residence.
