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It started with a hunch and ended as a fiasco.

The Montreal police department’s ill-fated spying on journalist Patrick Lagacé came to light after La Presse stumbled upon warrants allowing investigators to track Lagacé’s iPhone calls, texts and location.

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Costa Labos

Once suspended for his own behaviour as a police officer, Costa Labos was head of the Montreal force’s internal affairs department, which investigates police officers.

On Friday, after about seven years in the job, he was transferred to the department that runs 911 operations. The move came a day after La Presse learned police has spied on Lagacé; there is no evidence the transfer is related to the controversy.

In an interview Saturday, Labos told La Presse he approved of the request for warrants to track Lagacé’s phone, saying it was the “least intrusive” way to obtain information about police officer Faycal Djelidi.