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MONTREAL — Closing arguments are underway at the trial of a Quebec man charged in connection with the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into the province and held captive.

"I was just scared. He was well connected. So that means hes Mafia or Hells Angels."

MONTREAL — A man on trial for the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 denied any knowledge of the abduction plot Friday, testifying that he was never inside their house and never met them.

MONTREAL — A man charged in the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 says he was threatened into working with the group behind the abduction.

MONTREAL - A man on trial for the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 denied any knowledge of the abduction plot Friday, testifying that he was never inside their house and never met them.

Man facing seven charges related to the abduction of two people from their New York home to Quebec says he acted out of fear for his family.

MONTREAL - A Quebec man charged in the case of a couple from Upstate New York who were kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 will testify in his own defence.

James Helm told police he and his wife were often offered food and drink while they were abducted and while being held against their will.

A Quebec police officer told a trial Thursday that a couple from Upstate New York were kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 because of a botched drug deal involving their grandson. Investigator Guillaume Poirier is on the stand in the trial of Gary Arnold, 54, a Quebec man facing seven charges in an alleged conspiracy to abduct James and Sandra Helm.

The lead investigator in the kidnapping of Sandra and James Helm said everything began when their grandson was arrested with cocaine.