[1] Nicknamed Ti-Loup (literally translated from French as "Little Wolf"), Vézina was a member of the Pacific Rebels Motorcycle Club, and had already compiled a collection of convictions and arrests dating back to 1979.
[2] That year, on May 6, 1994, founder and national president of the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club, Salvatore "La Barbe" Cazzetta was arrested on a pitbull farm located in Fort Erie, Ontario.
[8][9] On 11 September 1997, as a part of Carcajou, Rock Machine national president Vézina and his sergeant-at-arms Dany "Le Gros" Légaré were both charged with the trafficking of narcotics.
[10] The massive raid launched by authorities as part of Operation Carcajou resulted in the seizure of a laboratory where narcotics such as PCP and methamphetamine were produced.
[11] Both Vézina and Légaré pled guilty in September 1997, and were sentenced to seven and five years' imprisonment respectively, to be served in the Donnacona maximum security detention center.
[13] Vézina and Légaré returned to court on 28 September 1999; both men pleaded guilty to thirteen charges, including living off the proceeds of crime.
Among the items seized by the authorities in connection with this case was the Rock Machine's clubhouse belonging to the Point-Aux-Trembles chapter, four motorcycles, three automobiles, jewellery, a chalet, and a sugar shack in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval.