SQ dismantles cannabis ring in raids across Quebec and Ontario
More than 130 SQ officers with Montreal and Ontario provincial police raided a trafficking ring on 17 September 2025, seizing about a tonne of packaged cannabis, 1,110 plants, dynamite, gold bars and $320,000 in cash.
More than 130 Sûreté du Québec officers, assisted by Montreal police and the
Ontario Provincial Police, dismantled a cannabis trafficking ring linked to
Asian organized crime on 17 September 2025.[1]The operation began with the
SQ’s Contraband Investigation Service in St-Pierre-les-Becquets and widened
to more than a dozen searches across the Montreal area, Vaudreuil-Dorion and
Markham, Ontario.[1][2]
By late afternoon police reported seizing just over a tonne of packaged
cannabis, 1,110 plants, 50 sticks of dynamite, 100 one-ounce gold bars and
$320,000 in cash.[1]SQ spokesperson Laurie Avoine said medical
personal-production certificates appeared to have been used fraudulently to
give the network cover.[1]Two men were arrested in connection with the
operation.[2]
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SQ spokesperson Laurie Avoine enters her vehicle during the operation in Vaudreuil-Dorion on 17 September 2025Photo details
StratCannstratcann.comPolice in Quebec seized more than 1,500 cannabis plants, arrest two
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A second account of the same operation gave different seizure figures of more than 1,500 plants and 65 kg of bagged cannabis, while this report uses the updated Canadian Press totals.
Whether the two arrested men were charged was not reported.
The searches in Markham, Ontario produced no separately reported results.
Granby police raided an apartment on rue Neil on 10 November 2026 without making any arrests, following an investigation opened in August into suspected cannabis sales. Officers seized more than 100 grams of dried cannabis, THC concentrate and edibles alongside suspected methamphetamine, psilocybin, weapons and trafficking equipment, and said charges could follow.
City police in Saint-Jérôme executed two search warrants on the morning of 9 November 2026 in the Lafontaine sector, targeting a 59-year-old man in an investigation into suspected cocaine trafficking and illicit cannabis distribution. About ten officers took part and the operation was still under way, with the seizure tally and any charges to follow.
Sûreté du Québec officers searched a home on rue Guindon in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon on 5 November 2026 and seized more than two kilos of cannabis, four long guns and an electroshock weapon. The force said the search followed information from the public and that its investigation is continuing; no arrests were reported.
Police in Quebec arrested two people in five searches in Shawinigan and Trois-Rivières on 5 November 2026, part of a cannabis-contraband investigation. Officers seized more than 302 kilograms of cannabis products, including edibles, dried and concentrated cannabis and hashish, along with methamphetamine, cash and contraband cigarettes, and released both suspects pending a later court date.
