Police say a Quebec man was arrested in Cambridge this morning during a nationwide operation that saw four others arrested across Canada.
Waterloo regional police confirmed to CambridgeToday they arrested a man believed to be involved in multiple murders in Quebec and with ties to organized crime.
Quebec Security (QC) and Montreal police (SPVM) worked in tandem with OPP and WRPS to make the arrest and bring an individual into custody.
According to a press release from SPVM, five suspects across the country were arrested today in connection with three murders committed in Charlemagne and Montreal in 2023 and 2024.
Three of the suspects arrested will appear at the Montreal courthouse within 24 hours. The other two will be extradited and will appear in the city at a later date, the release said.
The five suspects, who are men aged 26 to 35, were arrested in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. Two of them were already in a detention centre in Montreal. Searches were also conducted in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Cambridge (Ontario) and Kamloops (B.C.).
While there is not much known about the Cambridge arrest or why the wanted fugitive was in the city, SPVM added that these new arrests are in addition to a dozen others made over the summer as part of this joint investigation by the SPVM and the SQ.
The majority of those arrested are believed to be linked to criminal street gangs in Montreal and Laval.
Another individual, Dylan Denis is still on the run in connection with this case and is on the list of the 25 most wanted fugitives in Canada that was recently unveiled by the Bolo Program.
Denis is a 27-year-old white-skinned man who speaks French. He is approximately 1.70 m tall and weighs approximately 77 kg. He has brown hair and eyes. He has several tattoos on his body, including one on his neck with the inscription "CRIME PAY$" as well as on his hands, back, torso and arms.
The joint investigation by the SPVM and the SQ is ongoing. Anyone with information about these events is asked to contact 911, their local police station or the SQ Criminal Information Center at 1 800 659-4264.
It is also possible to contact Info-Crime Montréal anonymously and confidentially by calling 514 393-1133 or by filling out the reporting form available on the infocrimemontreal.ca website.
