On the same day, Faucher along with four other members of the Rock Machine were arrested in a hotel by the Sûreté du Québec after they uncovered a plot to blow up the South Shore clubhouse of a Hells Angels support club called the Evil Ones MC.
Faucher and the other members were charged and received minimal sentences; during this period, corruption in Quebec's law enforcement and court system was at an all-time high.
[3] In 2000, a Montreal Crown attorney (a prosecutor) complained to the media that "they [the bikers] kill with impunity", saying it almost impossible to convict members of either the Hells Angels or the Rock Machine because of widespread corruption in the Quebec justice system.
[5] As the biker war turned into a battle of attrition, the Hells Angels began to gain the upper hand as ever-increasing levels of support poured in from around Canada and internationally.
Faucher was the authorities' prime suspect for the attempted murder of a member of the Hells Angels' Nomad chapter, Louis "Melou" Roy, that occurred on 24 July 1997.
[8] On 23 August 1998, a team of Rock Machine members led by Faucher, including Gerald Gallant and Marcel Demers, rode by on their motorcycles and gunned down Paolo Cotroni in his driveway.
[10] On 8 October 2000, to celebrate Thanksgiving, Boucher and Faucher had dinner together at Bleu Martin and, while a photographer from Allô Police recorded the scene, the leaders of the Hells Angels and the Rock Machine exchanged handshakes, hugged and broke bread together (a common symbol in French-Canada of reconciliation).
[11] To seal the truce, the biker leaders then went to the Super-Sexe, the most exclusive and expensive strip club in Montreal on the Rue Sainte-Catherine, with the photographers from Allô Police covering their visit.
[13] The Rock Machine was sponsored to "patch over" by the Swedish and French branches of the Bandidos while the American leadership disapproved, not wanting to be dragged into a war with the Hells Angels.
[14] Shortly afterwards, Faucher was arrested on December 6, 2000, on charges of importing cocaine into Canada and Alain "Red Tomato" Brunette became the probationary Bandidos new national president.
[13] On 6 December 2000, Faucher along with Marcel Demers, a founding member of the Rock Machine and President of its Beauport chapter, were arrested on multiple charges and for ordering a bombing that caused major damage to a Hells Angels bunker located in Saint-Nicolas, Quebec.
Gallant had attempted to flee to Geneva, Switzerland but was eventually arrested on credit card fraud and mistaken identity, testifying and giving more than fifty hours of statements.
He was ordered by the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) to spend six months in a halfway house before returning to life as a law abiding citizen.