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RCMP busts up satellite ring

MONTREAL – The RCMP in Quebec said today it had broken up a “major criminal ring specializing in the sale and distribution of satellite signal decoders.” Yesterday, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Financial Integrity program conducted nine searches and arrested four people for theft of radiocommunication services as part of an investigation led by the Québec Detachment Federal Investigation Section. Charges could also be laid at the conclusion of the investigation. The investigation, dubbed operation “Connecteur”, resulted in searches being conducted in several places of business and residences in Montréal, Sainte-Thérèse, Granby, Sorel and Shawinigan. The investigators seized...