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Two Montreal police officers were arrested on Wednesday and were told to report to the Montreal courthouse in three weeks where they face charges alleging they assaulted and threatened a homeless man before driving out to a remote area outside of Montreal and leaving him there to fend for himself.

The charges relate to an incident that occurred in March 2010, said Claude Denis, a spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec.

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The officers — Patrick Guay, 33, and Pierre-Luc Furlotte, 35 — were arrested Wednesday morning by a joint police task force investigating alleged criminality at the Montreal force, Denis said.

The task force is made up of the SQ, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as well as the Quebec City, Longueuil and Gatineau police forces.

The two officers were named in a warrant that was made public following their arrests. They were released on a promise that they will appear before a judge at the Montreal courthouse on June 14. Both men are charged with assaulting, threatening and the forcible confinement of Tobie-Charles Angers Levasseur, a man who is now 32. The alleged crimes took place on March 31, 2010, a day when, according to Environment Canada, temperatures ranged between 3 and 11 Celsius.