Canadian authorities reported that 48-year old and 6 feet 4 inches tall Daniel-André (Grand Dan) Giroux faces gang- and drug-related charges, and appeared before a judge in Montreal courthouse on 6 February 2019, after hiding for 10 months in the Dominican Republic. He was on the Quebec province’s 10 most-wanted list. He is described as the last alleged Hells Angel sought in a major police operation.
The case was carried over to mid-March. He is accused of being a key part of a drug trafficking networks in Quebec with tentacles that reached into Ontario and New Brunswick in Canada. He had been on te run until his arrest on Tuesday, 5 February in the Dominican Republic. In April 2018, the Sûreté du Québec alleged Giroux was a member of the Montreal chapter of the Hells Angels. The force had just arrested dozens of people in a lengthy investigation into four drug trafficking networks in Quebec with tentacles that reached into Ontario and New Brunswick. But Giroux, was on the run until his arrest on Tuesday, 5 February in the Dominican Republic. He returned to Canada’s Trudeau Airport on Tuesday night escorted by police officers.
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Montreal Gazette
11 February 2019
