Saturday, November 22, 2008

45 members arrested

SQ hit the four corners of Quebec yesterday to dismantle a nationwide network of cocaine traffickers whose party would old experienced importers and a former actor in the series Flavor Mafia Omerta.


About 100 officers from several police forces took part in the wave of arrests yesterday, which helped put his hand on 45 members of the network, according to the SQ.


"The survey suggests that the drug was transported from Mexico to Vancouver via the U.S. West Coast. She was then sent to Montreal by car, "says Sergeant Martin Isabelle of the Surete du Quebec.


Arrival in the metropolis, cocaine was stored for a short period before being distributed in various regions of Quebec.


Another former Omerta


The organization, which has a large proportion of members of Italian origin, would be linked to the Hells Angels, police said. No member in good standing of the motorcycle club has been arrested.


Four suspects are still sought, or Ribih Abdulla Faisal, Ottawa, Richard Poulin, of Montbeillard, Gérard Rodier, Gatineau, and the former actor Bruno Di Quinzio Montreal.


Di Quinzio, who embodied the son of mafioso Tony Omertà in Potenza, had already been sentenced in 2000 to three years in prison after the RCMP had discovered an arsenal and drugs at home. He was already wanted for several months relative to another folder.


Recall that on October 29, another former star of Omertà, Tony Conte, was also arrested and accused of trafficking cocaine.


If you believe the list of accused, the network could rely on the services of traffickers experience, with Lionel Gauthier, 67, of Val-Morin.


Sentenced to multiple occasions during his long criminal career, Gauthier was described as "one of the main organizers of drug trafficking in Rouyn" in a survey for bail in 1986.


Another accused, MILIOTO Antonino, 62, had been arrested by the RCMP in the late 1990s in a case of massive importation of hashish and cocaine.


The police believe that Pollastrini Nino, owner of Giovanni's luxurious restaurant in Ottawa, would be part of heads.


The suspects face charges of gangsterism and drug trafficking. Seizures of drugs had already been made last spring in this investigation, which lasted since 2006.

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