Roland Dubois
Dubois Gang
    Roland Dubois is the sixth born of  the  nine  Dubois brothers. Like his siblings, he earned a reputation as a tough and hardened gangster in Montreal's underworld.

     According to  authorities, Roland Dubois started  a very successful loansharking book in the 1960s. He  also  allegedly became  involved in the  importation  and  distribution of drugs, including cocaine, hashish, and marijuana.

     Later, according to former  Duboig Gang  associate Claude Jodoin, Roland  and  René Dubois would  work  closely  with  Jules Naud  and Claude "Moineau" Lamarre to traffic large quantities of quaaludes.

     By the mid 1970s, Roland Dubois had taken control  much of  the  drug market in the south-western part of the city. He ran his  activities from the Taverne des Copains saloon  and, reportedly, had  a large network of dealers selling drugs out of the area's bars and clubs.   

     On October 4, 1974, police raided  an  apartment on Notre-Dame street and arrested Roland Dubois, his brothers  Maurice  and  René, Réal Levesque, and Alain Charron. Inside  the  residence, police found several firearms, ski-masks, wigs, and  handcuffs. The five suspects were brought  to the police station but were released later that night due to lack of evidence.

     Dubois  again made headlines in  Novemember, 1976, when he, Robert Denis, Frank Racco, Bernard Lamer, and Jacques Turcot were arrested for allegedly smashing up the La Barina nightclub on Chruch Avenue, in the Ville Emard district. $2,800 in damage was caused in the  incident. Turcot  pleaded guilty to  a  mischief charge, claiming  that  he  was  responsible for the  damage  and  that  the  others did not participate in  the  damage. Prosecutor Henry Keyserlingk disagreed, saying that the group  had  gone to the club with the intention of smashing it up.

     The CECO exposed the Dubois Gang's  activities. Among the information featured by the committee was  a series of  telephone calls for Roland, as well  as brothers  Adrien, René, and Maurice, concerning drugs and loans. Roland was summoned to testify but refused. He was sentenced to six months.

     Roland Dubois has since kept a very low profile, avoiding headlines for the last two decades.