Man arrested at Saint-Ferdinand marina with cannabis and two air guns
A man in his thirties was arrested at the marina in Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec, on the evening of 29 October 2026 after young people reported a possibly armed person; he was carrying two compressed-air guns. A search of his vehicle found several narcotics, including cannabis and methamphetamine, and police said he could face drug and weapons possession charges.
A man in his thirties was arrested in the marina sector of Saint-Ferdinand,
Quebec, early on the evening of Thursday 29 October 2026.[1]He was carrying
two compressed-air guns, the Sûreté du Québec said.[1]
Louis-Philippe Ruel, a spokesman for the media relations service of the Sûreté
du Québec (SQ), the provincial police force, said the man had taunted young
people without threatening them or brandishing a weapon.[1]The young people
reported the presence of a possibly armed man, Ruel said, and officers
intervened and arrested him at the marina.[1]
A search of the suspect’s vehicle then led to the seizure of several narcotics,
notably cannabis and methamphetamine.[1]Police gave no quantity for either
drug.[1]Ruel said the man could face charges related to the possession of
narcotics and weapons, and no charges had been announced.[1]The man was not
named, and police did not say whether he remained in custody.[1]
York Regional Police charged 23 people and seek one more suspect after Project North Star, an inquiry into a London-supplied illicit cannabis network and online dispensary. Police say the group shipped cannabis by parcel across North America and Europe and seized over 1,550 pounds of cannabis plus hashish and derivatives worth about $4.8 million in London.
Sûreté du Québec officers and Mashteuiatsh public security searched a home on rue Renaud in Mashteuiatsh and seized cocaine, methamphetamine tablets, cannabis including edibles, magic mushrooms and about $3,000 cash. One person was questioned and police said drug-trafficking charges were being considered.
Vancouver police raided Marc Emery's seed business and party headquarters on 29 July 2005 on a US request, and RCMP officers arrested Emery in Halifax the same day for extradition to Seattle on charges of conspiring to sell marijuana seeds, marijuana and launder money. Two associates were also arrested.
Police arrested cannabis activist Marc Emery in Winnipeg on 9 July 2003 as he tried to light a bong at the first stop of his cross-country Summer of Legalization tour. He was held overnight at the Winnipeg Remand Centre and missed his next stop in Dauphin.
