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| title = Coutts alleged |
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| location = [[Coutts, Alberta]] |
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| date = February 2022 |
| date = February 2022 |
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| It has been suggested that Chris Lysak be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2022. |
| It has been suggested that Chris Carbert be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2022. |
| It has been suggested that Jerry Morin be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2022. |
| Date | February 2022 |
|---|---|
| Location | Coutts, Alberta |
| Target | Officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| Accused | Anthony Olienick Chris Carbert Christopher Lysak Jerry Morin |
| Charges | Conspiracy to murder (all four) Making or possessing an explosive device (Olienick) |
In February 2022, four Canadian men were arrested on allegations that they conspired to kill Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers. The arrests occurred during the Canada convoy protest on the Coutts, Alberta, side of the Sweetgrass–Coutts Border Crossing. According to police, the plot was part of a wider plan to alter "Canada's political, justice and medical systems."[1]
Background
In January 2022, people protested in Coutts about their objections to public health measures implemented by Canadian governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The protest was the start of a convoy of protestors that later proceeded to Ottawa.[2] The protest blocked the border crossing to the United States.[2] After hearing reports that protestors were planning to bring firearms to the protest and prepare for "war", police deployed undercover officers.[1] Police also used telephone wiretaps to listen to mobile phones.[3] Due to the perceived emergency, no prior judicial authorisation was obtained for the wiretaps, as is permitted by the Criminal Code of Canada.[3]
According to police, on February 10, 2022 protestor Anthony Olienick informed two undercover female police officers that he was expecting a delivery, which the officers understood to be a bag of firearms.[1][3] Police officers stated that they observed Olienick, Chris Carbert, and Jerry Morin receiving a package.[1]
Arrests
A search warrant was executed by police just after midnight[3] on February 14, 2022.[1] Three trailers located in Coutts were searched by police who found fifteen firearms, ammunition, and body-armour with a Diagolon patch.[1][3] Police found a handgun in Lysak's residential trailer and a rifle with a scope and rangefinder in Lysak's vehicle near Coutts.[1] Another search of property owned by Anthony Olienick in rural Alberta discovered 36,098 rounds of ammunition, two pipe bombs, and several firearms.[1][2]
Anthony Olienick, Chris Carbert, Christopher Lysak, and Jerry Morin were arrested and charged with conspiracy to murder.[1] Olienick was also charged with making or possessing an explosive device.[4]
Police ended the protest on February 15, 2022, after the arrests.[2] Protestors cooperated with police, stating that they rejected the violence and firearms associated with the arrested men.[2]
Accused
During police interviews, Anthony Olienick shared predictions that the Government of Canada sought to destroy the middle class, install a communist regime before the start of executions and use of gas chambers.[1] Carbert expressed a desire to encourage Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to resign.[1] Lysak believed that the COVID-19 vaccinations presented deadly risks to children.[1] Morin spoke of his perception that they were in World War III and that people were being made into slaves.[1]
In court, police constable Trevor Checkley stated that, during the protest, Chris Carbert "received a text message...and was told to share a message with non-mainstream media and on social media."[1] Checkley also told Lethbridge provincial court that "The message and a related followup text...stated the protest was not just about ending vaccine and public health mandates but altering Canada's political, justice and medical systems, including the elimination of a group of people referred to as the professional political class,"[1] and that someone whose name was redacted "also shared the above message...in a group text chat with Carbert, Lysak and Olienick.”[1]
Court documents released in December 2022 indicated that police believe the four accused were being directed by remote leadership.[5]
The trial of all four men is scheduled for June 2023.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Martin, Kevin (November 30, 2022). "Some Coutts protesters wanted to alter Canada's political system, court documents say". calgaryherald. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tait, Carrie (November 30, 2022). "Pipe bombs, gas masks and firearms found after Coutts arrests". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Tait, Carrie (September 7, 2022). "RCMP used undercover operatives, emergency wiretaps to target border blockade in Coutts, Alta.: court docs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ Ward, Rachel; Grant, Meghan (November 30, 2022). "Bosses of Alberta men accused in plot to murder Mounties still under investigation, court docs suggest". CBC.
- ^ "Court docs show RCMP eyeing unidentified outside leadership group in Coutts border blockade". Calgary. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.