Members of a self-proclaimed group of Quebec pedophile hunters have been arrested and face 38 charges including distribution of child pornography.
Gatineau police say six people were arrested Thursday as part of a crackdown on the vigilante group.
Five of the suspects, four men and a woman aged 24 to 27, face charges of distributing child pornography.
Some of them also face charges of intimidation and forcible confinement while a sixth suspect, a 40-year-old man from a nearby Western Quebec region, faces criminal harassment, intimidation and forcible confinement charges.
Police say the group’s activities were widely advertised on social media with the alleged vigilantes filming their meetings with alleged pedophiles after contacting them online….