Suspect in 2022 Quebec murder arrested in B.C.
Police said the suspect was arrested without incident and remanded for six days before his return to Quebec to face a murder charge.
- On Wednesday, police arrested Lee Van Smat Germain at a home in Burnaby, British Columbia, in connection with a 2022 murder in Montreal.
- Three people were charged in January regarding the May 11, 2022, homicide of Sébastien Giroux in Montreal, though Germain remained at large until the arrest.
- Montreal investigators determined Germain had ties to British Columbia, prompting collaboration between the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit and the Metro Vancouver Transit Police to locate him.
- Germain appeared before a judge at the Burnaby RCMP detachment and was remanded into custody for six days pending his return to Quebec to face the murder charge.
- Sarbjit K. Sangha of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit noted that strong police partnerships enable agencies to share intelligence, limiting suspects' ability to evade justice.
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CFSEU-BC locates and arrests Quebec murder suspect in Burnaby
Indo-Canadian Voice CFSEU-BC locates and arrests Quebec murder suspect in Burnaby posted by: Rattan MallTHE Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC), in partnership with the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) and Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP), has arrested a man wanted in Quebec for murder. Lee Van Smath Germain was wanted on an outstanding warrant in connection with the May 11, 2022, homicide…
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A man wanted for a 2022 murder in Quebec was arrested in B.C. after police searched a home in Burnaby. Lee Van Smat Germain was wanted on an outstanding warrant in connection with the May 11, 2022 homicide of Sébastien Giroux in Montréal, a July 21 release from B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says. He was one of three people charged in connection with Giroux’s death on Jan. 22, 2026, police said. The other two were arrested at th…
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