Quebec police say 40 ‘high risk’ sex offenders arrested in provincewide operation

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they’ve arrested 40 sex offenders in an operation involving multiple police forces across the province.

The operation targeted people considered a high risk to reoffend.

Police looked for offenders who had violated court-imposed conditions and those subject to arrest warrants. 

They say they found “numerous” people who had violated an order to register with the national sex offender registry.