14-year-old found dead near Hells Angels club, Quebec minister accuses organized crime of using teen ‘to do their dirty work’

Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said he was “shocked” to learn that a 14-year-old boy was found dead near a Hells Angels club in Frampton on Monday, about 80 kilometres south of Quebec City.

According to reports the teen was allegedly recruited by a street gang from the greater Montreal area and went to the Beauce to carry out a ‘contract.’

In recent months, there has been an ongoing fight in the Quebec City area over drug territory between the Hells Angels and street gangs.

Provincial police on Friday would only confirm that a body of a male victim was discovered overnight on Sept. 16 in the community and that the death is suspicious.

They said a man was arrested at the bunker and released on a promise to appear in court at a later date.

“Like many Quebecers, what I hear coming from Frampton shocks me,” said Bonnardel on social media Thursday. “It is disgusting for street gangs to enlist young people, children, to do their dirty work.”

“I am reassured to know that the SQ will be present in Frampton for the next few days. Our national police force has my full confidence to conduct the necessary investigations and reassure the population in Eastern Quebec.”

The Sûreté du Québec set up a command post in the area on Friday and will be there Monday as well to talk to residents in the area about the case.

“We are aware that the police have a meticulous investigative job to do and that they cannot elaborate in order to preserve its integrity. However, as citizens, we have a collective duty to inform the police of any information that we believe is or is not related to what happened recently,” said Frampton Mayor Jean Audet in a statement Thursday.

The investigation is ongoing.

Police urge anyone with information about the event to contact the Criminal Information Centre at 1-800-659-4264.

-With files from The Canadian Press