Former UFC fighter linked to Montreal drug investigation

He erstwhile fought Sean Strickland successful the UFC, and precocious helium was caught with respective 100 kilograms of cocaine. Garcia turned to the acheronian side, and his transgression vocation seemingly lasted for respective years. A large constabulary cognition against cocaine smuggling led to the apprehension of the erstwhile UFC fighter.

Montreal constabulary confirmed respective arrests aft an extended probe that began successful July of past year. Among those arrested is Alex Garcia, a erstwhile UFC combatant who past competed successful the world's largest MMA enactment successful 2018. Michele Laddaga and Victor Julio Sanchez Medrano were besides arrested with him, and each of them were brought to tribunal successful Montreal. Police are inactive searching for 2 different suspects, Rattan Sem and Veronique Plouffe, who are besides charged with amerciable possession of firearms; according to disposable information, they are radical successful a relationship.

Montreal constabulary spokesperson Francis Renaud said that the standard of the cognition indicates the seriousness of the case. "This web is believed to person smuggled respective 100 kilograms of cocaine into Montreal," said Renaud.

Career and UFC appearances

Garcia arrived successful the UFC successful 2013 and instantly made a beardown impression. In his debut, helium knocked retired Ben Wall successful conscionable 43 seconds, past scored a divided determination triumph implicit Sean Spencer astatine UFC 171. He followed that up with a unanimous determination nonaccomplishment to Neil Magny, past bounced backmost with a triumph implicit Mike Swick.

The 2nd knockout nonaccomplishment successful his vocation was inflicted connected him by Sean Strickland successful 2016 astatine the UFC Fight Night lawsuit successful Pittsburgh. Garcia bounced backmost that aforesaid twelvemonth with an awesome first-round knockout of Mike Pyle, for which helium was awarded the Performance of the Night bonus. During 2017, helium registered a ratio of 1–1; helium was archetypal defeated by unanimous determination against Tim Means successful Oklahoma City, and ended the play with a submission triumph implicit Muslim Salikhov, ending the combat with a rear bare choke.

After back-to-back losses to Ryan LaFlare and Court McGee, Garcia was dropped from the UFC roster. The combat against Salikhov remained his past nonrecreational triumph successful MMA. In the continuation of his career, performing for the ACA organization, helium recorded 2 defeats, which caused his martial vocation to instrumentality a downward path.

Now the sanction of the erstwhile UFC combatant appears successful the nationalist again, but successful a discourse that has thing to bash with sports, but with 1 of the biggest transgression investigations successful Montreal successful caller years.