Overview
- The RCMP’s Quebec INSET squad arrested four men, including two serving Canadian Armed Forces corporals, on July 8–9 on facilitating-terrorist-activity and weapons-possession charges.
- Investigators allege the group plotted to form an anti-government militia to forcibly seize land near Quebec City and took part in military-style training in Quebec and Ontario.
- January 2024 searches in the Quebec City area yielded 16 explosive devices, 83 firearms, nearly 130 magazines, 11,000 rounds of ammunition and tactical gear—the largest cache ever seized in a Canadian terrorism probe.
- Accused Marc-Aurèle Chabot, Simon Angers-Audet, Raphaël Lagacé and Matthew Forbes appeared virtually July 9 and are scheduled to return to court for bail hearings on July 14.
- The Department of National Defence confirms full cooperation with the RCMP investigation as authorities heighten scrutiny of extremist sympathies within military ranks.