Jerome Labossière, his nephew Daniel Labossière and two Hells Angels associates were accused of hiding a cache of high-powered weapons

Police raided a residence on Four Mile Road in January 2006, seizing four firearms -- a Tec-9 submachinegun, Ruger Mini-14, FN assault rifle and an Israeli-made version of the Russian AK-47.Jerome Labossière, his nephew Daniel Labossière and two Hells Angels associates were accused of hiding a cache of high-powered weapons inside a south Winnipeg home just weeks after his parents and brother were gunned down in St. Leon, according to court documents obtained by the Free Press.
The Tec-9 barrel had been modified to attach a silencer, although one wasn't found. Police also seized hundreds of rounds of ammunition."It's certainly not for hunting," police Sgt. Rick Guyader said at the time.The couple who owned the property was arrested and charged with numerous weapons offences -- but only now has the alleged link to the Labossière family been revealed.Winnipeg police wrote an affidavit to obtain a search warrant days before the raid, telling a magistrate that an informant had come to them.The mystery man -- known as "Source A" throughout the documents -- said Jérôme and Daniel Labossière, along with Hells Angels associates Andre Toupin and Al Lebras, were involved in "trafficking multi-kilogram amounts of cocaine and thousands of tablets of ecstasy."Source A said he had been at the home on Four Mile Road in January when Jérôme and Daniel showed up with two large duffle bags they'd removed from the back of a pickup truck."Two assault rifles were removed from the duffle bags, one from each.Four loaded magazines for the assault rifles, two from each bag, were also removed. The loaded magazines were placed in a plastic fishing tackle box which was placed in the rafters of the garage. The two assault rifles were taken into the house," Source A said, according to police.
Source A said Lebras had called him about the guns, saying they had to find a good hiding spot because the November 2005 St. Leon murder was putting "lots of police attention" on Lebras, Jérôme and Daniel Labossière and they didn't want the guns to be found."Source A indicates that Lebras and the Labossières have the assault rifles for the purpose of protecting their illegal drug trafficking activities against rival criminals/outlaw motorcycle gangs," police said.Source A said he'd only been to the home at Four Mile Road on one prior occasion, for a party that had occurred just before Christmas 2005. He said Jerome, Daniel and Lebras were present.
Police said Source A was a reliable, truthful informant with no prior criminal record who was looking for a financial reward for his work. They said the weapons needed to be seized immediately to protect the public."The firearms could be moved at any time when police are unable to act," they wrote.Jérôme's connections to the Hells Angels are well-established. He was arrested in February 2006 for making a series of drug deals with criminalturned- police-agent Franco Atanasovic. Twelve other suspects were arrested, including Andre Toupin. Toupin is related to Jeremie Toupin, who along with Jérôme is now charged with the St. Leon murders. Andre Toupin will go on trial later this year. He is free on bail.The allegations that Daniel Labossière has ties to the Hells Angels are new. Previously, Jérôme had claimed in court documents that his other nephew, Joël Labossiere, was a Hells hangaround and good friend of Lebras. No mention was made of Daniel. Joël denied the allegations.Daniel and Joël Labossière jointly owned JDL Construction Inc.

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