Accused's cellphone placed at scene of kidnapping in New York state
Sandra and James Helm were grabbed from their home in Moira, N.Y., and held in Magog. Phone records are under scrutiny at Gary Arnold's trial.
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Sandra and James Helm were grabbed from their home in Moira, N.Y., and held in Magog. Phone records are under scrutiny at Gary Arnold's trial.
Franco D'Onofrio, 56, of Magog, and George Dritsas, 76, of T.M.R. have been behind bars since their arrests in 2020.
The US DEA began investigating Georges Yaghmour in December 2019. He was arrested in Florida late last year.
Article content A large quantity of cocaine seized in Vermont, believed to have been the motive behind an elderly couple being kidnapped and smuggled from New York to Quebec in September, was allegedly destined for the Hells Angels. The details of who the ultimate customers were for the 50 kilograms of cocaine, seized on Sept. 21, are contained in the summary of a Parole Board of Canada decision to revoke the parole of Kosmas Dritsas, 49, one of the men charged in the kidnapping of James and Sandra Helm, a couple in their 70s who were snatched from their home in Moira, N.Y., on Sept. 27.