Two arrested in Odanak raid seizing 20 kg of cannabis and hashish
Sûreté du Québec officers, with the Mauricie mixed regional squad and the Abenaki police, searched a home and a vehicle on rue W8banaki in Odanak on 5 November 2026 and arrested two men. Police seized about 5 kilograms of cannabis, about 15 kilograms of hashish, nearly 50 grams of cocaine and more than C$8,150, then released the men pending a court date.
🇨🇦 rue W8banaki, Odanak, MRC de Nicolet-Yamaska, Quebec · Canada
Sûreté du Québec organised-crime investigators, with the Mauricie mixed regional
squad and the Abenaki police force, arrested two men in Odanak on Thursday 5
November 2026 in an operation against drug trafficking.[1][2]The searches
targeted a residence and a vehicle on rue W8banaki.[1][2]
Officers seized about 5 kilograms of cannabis and about 15 kilograms of hashish.[1][2]The same operation also turned up nearly 50 grams of cocaine, 65
methamphetamine tablets and more than C$8,150 in cash.[1][2]
The Sûreté du Québec said in a statement that the operation followed an
investigation opened after information received from the public.[1][2]
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Cannabis and hashish amounts are approximate ("près de"); the 20 kg figure is the sum of the stated 5 kg and 15 kg.
The cash amount is a minimum ("plus de 8 150 $").
The accounts say the men could face drug and illicit-cannabis charges but name no charge; no court date or outcome was reported.
The accounts reproduce the same Sûreté du Québec statement; only the Le Nouvelliste list of the drugs and the Mon Drummond summary were available as opened text.
The submitted Mon Victo page was captured as an ad-blocker notice instead of the article, so the report cites the same article text as published by Mon Drummond.
Neither account says what kind of cannabis product was seized, how it was packed, or what role the vehicle played in the trafficking.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Mon Drummond: Odanak is an Abenaki community in the MRC de Nicolet-Yamaska, near Pierreville in Centre-du-Québec.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Mon Drummond: The two arrested men were 55 and 19 years old, and police released them; they are to appear in court later and could face drug and illicit-cannabis charges.
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The Vingt55 illustration is an archive photo from August 2018 of Sûreté du Québec officers, not a picture of this operation.
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