All Boivin,the most wanted fugitive in Canada, was arrested on Friday morning in southern Spain after greater than two years on the run.
Boivin was picked up at a house in Marbella, a resort city on Spain’s Costa del Sol recognized for its seashores and high-end crowd. Sûreté du Québec broke the information on Friday morning.
The arrest occurred simply two weeks earlier than the Saint-Lazare native’s thirty seventh birthday and got here out of a protracted investigation by the Sûreté du Québec, with assist from the RCMP, Interpol, Spanish police and different forces in Europe.
Boivin had been on the run since 2023. Final month, the identical bureau reported that he’d left Canada and spent months hiding someplace in Europe. Police have not stated whether or not his accomplice, Yaulise Lemieux-Bellavance, who can also be wished, was arrested with him.
In Quebec, Boivin is going through expenses of gangsterism, forcible confinement, and drug and gun trafficking. He is suspected of ordering a lot of violent acts within the drug battle between his crew and the Hells Angels, which has hit the Québec Metropolis, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord areas, amongst others.
Boivin is now believed to run the North Savage Gang (NSG). For a very long time, although, his identify was tied to Dave “Pic” Turmel, the alleged head of the Blood Household Mafia (BFM) and one other huge rival of the Hells Angels.
Neither man is new to Canada’s most wished lists. The 2 sat on the prime of the Bolo Program’s Top 25 back in December 2024, every with a reward of as much as $250,000 for data resulting in an arrest. Boivin confirmed up close to the highest once more on the 2025 listing, that point with a $100,000 reward on his identify. Bolo, quick for “Be On the Lookout,” groups up with police throughout the nation to get the phrase out on fugitives by means of social media, billboards and different outreach.
Turmel’s personal time on the run ended final 12 months, when he was arrested in Rome. He is nonetheless going by means of extradition proceedings to carry him again to face expenses in Canada, and Boivin is predicted to undergo the identical factor within the coming weeks.