Police arrested six men Friday night in an undercover operation in Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough in connection with soliciting prostitutes for sex.
Montreal police spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron said the operation was launched following complaints made by citizens.
Police would not corroborate a report by La Presse that one of the six men arrested is Quebec’s former family minister, Tony Tomassi.
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Tomassi was arrested for allegedly soliciting the services of a prostitute who was in fact an undercover police officer.
The six men have been released with a summons to appear in court on Feb. 1.
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Tomassi was first elected to the National Assembly in 2003 for the Quebec Liberals. He was re-elected twice and represented the riding of La Fontaine for a total of nine years.
In May 2010, he was dropped by the Liberal party after allegations of illegal credit card use surfaced.
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He quit politics in 2012, after sitting as an independent MNA.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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