Sylvain Boulanger, a former member of the Sherbrooke chapter of the Hells Angels, will be paid $2.9 million for being an informant.
According to The Gazette, the retired member of the Hells Angels signed an agreement that will compensate him for giving evidence to investigators with the Regional Integrated Squads.
Sources told the newspaper that Boucher gave police information that was crucial to the investigation dubbed Operation SharQC, which led to the arrests of more than 120 gang members and associates last week.
Boulanger revealed details from Hells Angels meetings held in July 1994, prior to a bloody gang drug war between the Nomads chapter and a group called the Alliance.
Armed with that information, officers involved in Operation SharQC were able to make arrests related to 22 murders that occurred during the drug conflict.
Details of the contract
Police recruited Boulanger, 45, in 2006. When he signed the contract on Sept. 21 2007, he received $300,000.
He was to be paid $600,000 following the arrests carried out during Operation SharQC, according to his contract.
For the next four years, he will receive an annual payment of $400,000. During that time, he will be expected to testify during trials that result from the arrests made in last week's crackdown.
Once the court cases are settled, he will receive a fifth and final payment of $400,000.
The contract may be the biggest one ever awarded to an informant in this province.
