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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.
The lead investigator in the kidnapping of Sandra and James Helm said everything began when their grandson was arrested with cocaine.
Gary Arnold is charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement, extortion and conspiring with other men.
The Quebec man accused of kidnapping a couple in their 70s from New York state was back in court Tuesday for the start of his trial.