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TORONTO — The son of former Montreal Mafia boss Paolo Violi was arrested Thursday and another is being sought under a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a major weapons and drug bust, the RCMP announced Thursday.

Authorities seized six kilograms of fentanyl and carfentanil, one kilogram of heroin, more than 20 kilograms of cocaine, more than 250,000 tablets of controlled substances including methamphetamine, about 3 million cigarettes and several gaming machines, the force said. In total, nine men from southern Ontario with alleged ties to organized crime in the United States were arrested.

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Paolo Violi’s son Domenic Violi of Hamilton, Ont., was charged along with the others with conspiracy to import, possession, and trafficking of a controlled substance, trafficking contraband tobacco and trafficking firearms. His brother, Giuseppe, is sought by police in connection with the bust.

Paolo Violi was the powerful Calabrian boss of Montreal’s Mafia until he was murdered in 1978 by members of the Rizzuto crime family who then seized control of Montreal’s underworld. After Paolo Violi’s death, his widow and two sons fled to Hamilton, a region that belongs to the Calabrian Mafia.