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Gatineau police arrested three men Tuesday who they allege drugged and sexually assaulted victims who were found on Tinder and Bumble dating apps.

Police suspect the victims were dosed with GHB, sometimes referred to as the “date-rape drug.”

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Three complaints were received in 2018, one of them still under investigation, but the force “has reason to fear there will be other victims” and wants to alert the public to take care when meeting strangers online.

Charged are Michel Giroux, 26, Simon Lavoie, 27, and Hasan Demirovic, 31, are charged with sexual assault and overcoming resistance to the commission of an offense by the administration of a substance. Giroux is also charged with non-consensual sharing of intimate images.

Police say that the modus operandi was that Giroux, using his own identity, would use dating apps to contact victims. After some back-and-forth, he would invite the victim to his home or a friend’s home. Another man would be present, too. After drinking alcohol, the victim reported suddenly feeling very intoxicated with a loss of inhibition and paralysis, then sex acts to which the victim didn’t consent follwoed with Giroux and the other man both taking part, police allege.