The operation allegedly sent consignments of illicit drugs to Canada and European countries amid merchandise shipped by third parties.
Three Quebecers have been arrested in Peru after a joint operation into an alleged international drug-smuggling network dubbed “Los Nórdicos” (the northerners), the Peruvian government says.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration were involved in investigating the operation, the South American country said in a Feb. 2 press release.
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The network allegedly sent consignments of illicit drugs to Canada and European countries amid merchandise shipped by third parties.
Tras la ejecución de un mega operativo internacional entre personal de la Dirandro, Suat, Dea en Perú y la Real Policía de Canadá se desarticuló a una organización criminal "Los Nordicos" dedicada al tráfico ilícito de drogas. pic.twitter.com/SRGJKPYhC6
— Policía Nacional del Perú (@PoliciaPeru) February 2, 2023
The three Quebecers arrested in Peru were: Fréderic Dewald, 25; Bo Soleil Morin, 27; and Francis Toupin, 34, the Peruvian government said. A fourth Quebecer, Mathieu Provost, was arrested in Montreal.
Four Peruvians and a Venezuelan were also arrested.
Two handguns, vehicles and cash were seized in raids on 11 buildings in and around the capital Lima and in the city of Huánuco, Peruvian police said.
Between June 2022 and January 2023, Peru’s national police force and the RCMP seized a total of 164,803 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride that the group attempted to transport, the Peruvian government said.
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