MONTREAL — Police raided Hells Angels hangouts across Quebec on Wednesday, arresting more than 100 suspects in a major crackdown on alleged organized crime by biker gangs.

The raids began around dawn, and a force of more than 2,000 police had taken 118 people into custody in Quebec by mid-afternoon, said provincial police spokesman Andre Durocher. Two other suspects were arrested as a result of three raids in Ontario and British Columbia, police said.

"We're talking about the most important operation of this kind that we've ever had," Durocher said.

One of the sites raided was the home of Maurice "Mom" Boucher, the Hells Angels leader in Quebec who is in custody awaiting trial on two first-degree murder charges involving the deaths of two prison guards.

Warrants issued in connection with the raids leveled 13 more murder charges against Boucher and three charges of attempted murder. Another warrant charged his son, Francois Boucher, with murder in eight of the same deaths. It was unclear whether Francois Boucher was in custody.

Quebec's public security minister, Serge Menard, said scores of the estimated 106 full members of the Hells Angels in the province were arrested. Police seized assets worth $5 million, including seven homes and $333,000 in cash.

Durocher said suspects faced a range of charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism.

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