{"id":49056,"date":"2025-07-08T15:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/49056\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:49:13","slug":"rcmp-charge-multiple-men-in-anti-government-militia-plot-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/49056\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP charge multiple men in \u2018anti-government militia\u2019 plot in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/rcmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RCMP<\/a> say they have charged three men with facilitating a terrorist activity in a plot to create an \u201canti-government militia\u201d in Quebec and a fourth with multiple explosives and firearms charges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some of those charged are \u201cactive members of the Canadian Armed Forces,\u201d the RCMP said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, all four men \u201cwere allegedly involved in activities intending to forcibly take possession of land in the Qu\u00e9bec City area\u201d and describe the case as one of \u201cideologically motivated violent extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Integrated National Security Enforcement Team says three of the men, all from Quebec, took concrete actions to facilitate terrorist activity and are each facing one charge of facilitating terrorist activity.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The three men took part in military-style training, police say, as well as shooting, ambush, survival and navigation exercises. They also allegedly conducted a scouting operation.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Police seized a variety of firearms, including some that are prohibited, as well as high-capacity magazines and tactical equipment allegedly used in these activities, according to an RCMP press release.<\/p>\n<p>According to the RCMP, the individuals charged are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marc-Aur\u00e8le Chabot, 24, of Quebec City<\/li>\n<li>Simon Angers-Audet, 24, of Neuville<\/li>\n<li>Rapha\u00ebl Lagac\u00e9, 25, of Quebec City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11277874\/kelly-osbourne-engaged-sid-wilson\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kelly-osbourne-sid-wilson-engaged.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKelly Osbourne engaged to Sid Wilson at Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s final show\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11278367\/bee-attack-in-southern-france\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751989753_915_bee-attack-france.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBee attack in southern France leaves 3 hospitalized, 24 injured\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A fourth man \u2014 identified by RCMP as\u00a0Matthew Forbes, 33, of Pont-Rouge \u2014 faces charges including the possession of firearms, prohibited devices and explosives, and possession of controlled items.<\/p>\n<p>Other charges have also been laid for offences related to possession of prohibited devices, transfer of firearms and ammunition, careless storage of firearms, possession of explosives and possession of controlled items.<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP says it conducted searches in January 2024 in Quebec City that led to the seizure of 16 explosive devices, 83 firearms and accessories, approximately 11,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibres, nearly 130 magazines, four pairs of night vision goggles and military equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The four individuals will appear at the Quebec City courthouse Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RCMP say they have charged three men with facilitating a terrorist activity in a plot to create&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,4219,4786,50,37350,37349,5343],"class_list":{"0":"post-49056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-militia","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-quebec-militia-plot","13":"tag-rcmp","14":"tag-terrorism"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114818408190881665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}