The City of Montreal Police Service announces several. The press. Alex Garcia, who last competed under the UFC banner in 2018, was among the names arrested and taken to the Montreal courthouse. Michele Laddaga and Victor Julio Sanchez Medrano have also been arrested.
Montreal police are looking for two more suspects, Rattana Sem and Véronique Plouffe. The two have also been charged with unlawful possession of an unloaded firearm. Sem and Plouffe are said to be in a relationship.
Francis Renaud of the SPVM made a comment for La Presse about the large-scale sting operation.
“It is believed that this network brought several hundred kilos of cocaine to Montreal,” Renaud said.
Garcia first joined the UFC roster in 2013. He had a successful promotional debut, scoring a knockout victory over Ben Wall in 43 seconds. He followed that up with a split-decision win over Sean Spencer at UFC 171. Garcia ultimately dropped a unanimous decision to Neil Magny, but he bounced back with a win over Mike Swick.
Sean Strickland handed Garcia his second knockout loss in 2016 on a UFC Fight Night card in Pittsburgh. Garcia bounced back later that year with a first-round knockout victory over Mike Pyle, earning him a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus.
Garcia went 1-1 in 2017. He was defeated via unanimous decision by Tim Means in Oklahoma City. “The Dominican Nightmare” ended the year with a victory over Muslim Salikhov.
After back-to-back losses to Ryan LaFlare and Court McGree, Garcia was kicked off the UFC roster. Garcia’s fight with Salikhov ended up being his last professional MMA victory. He suffered TKO losses to Ibragim Chuzhigaev and Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev under the ACA banner.
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