In April last year, the Sûreté du Québec alleged
Daniel-André Giroux was a member of the gang’s Montreal chapter, which is now
more than four decades old. The SQ had just arrested dozens of people in
Project Objection, a lengthy investigation into four drug trafficking networks
throughout Quebec that had tentacles that reached into Ontario and New
Brunswick.
Giroux, 48, was one of several men who could not be found
when members of the Escouade nationale de répression du crime organisé (ENRCO)
carried out arrests and search warrants. On Tuesday, the Sûreté du Québec
tweeted that Giroux was arrested in Dominican Republic and that he is expected
to be formally charged at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday. The provincial
police force noted that Giroux was on Quebec’s 10 most wanted list before the
arrest was made.
Giroux faces five charges in Project Objection including two
counts related to drug trafficking, another two alleging he committed crimes
for the benefit of a criminal organization and conspiracy.
He was charged on an indictment along with 11 other people, including three other full-patch members of the biker gang; Michel (Sky) Langlois, Louis Matte and Stéphane Maheu. In October, Maheu, a member of the gang’s South chapter, ended his run on the lam and pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, gangsterism and conspiracy on the same day he made his first court appearance and was sentenced to a six-year prison term, the longest sentence in Project Objection so far.
SOURCE: The MontrealGazette