Seven suspects have been arrested by the Montreal police this week during an organized crime operation aimed at dismantling the city’s Italian mafia.
Six men between the ages of 34 and 59 and one 44-year-old woman were taken into custody by the Montreal Police Service (SVPM) on April 9 after raids were conducted in the Montreal boroughs of LaSalle and Verdun, as well as in Brossard, on the South Shore, police said in a press conference.
The raids were part of an ongoing operation focused on disrupting organized crime networks within the city, Commander Francis Renaud, head of the Montreal police organized crime unit, said during the April 9 press conference. …