Quebec police investigating Hells Angels death threats against hockey legend Guy Lapointe

According to Quebec media reports, the Hells Angels motorcycle gang threatened the lives of Insp. Guy Lapointe of the Sûreté du Québec, a provincial police spokesperson on outlaw bikers, and his father, Guy Lapointe Sr., 70, earlier this week.

The senior Lapointe is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame starred for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s as a defenceman, winning six Stanley Cups.

The junior Lapointe has cut a high profile in the Quebec media as a spokesperson on biker issues. He commented frequently in the media in April during a massive police operation against the bikers called Operation Objection, when police arrested more than five dozen people across Quebec.

Insp. Lapointe told Radio-Canada on Saturday he would not be intimidated and would continue to handle his organized crime files. The Sûreté du Québec issued a written statement saying there is an ongoing investigation into threats to one of its spokespeople.

Insp. Lapointe in April told a news conference that police had “dismantled three of the biggest drug trafficking networks in Quebec,” refering to the Hells Angels’ Montreal, South and Trois-Rivières charters. The April arrests hit almost all of the Quebec Hells Angels on the street and a police officer with the Repentigny police force, who allegedly acted as a drug courier. Lapointe said at the time that the drug networks also had tentacles in Ontario and New Brunswick.

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