http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/06/19/19894111.html
"A convoy of vehicles, including officers with machine guns, transported him to a booking centre.
Critics said taxpayers shouldn't have to pay such exorbitant sums to transport just one man, but Lafreniere defended the extraordinary measures.
He said high-level security was to stymie "admirers, unfortunately, of Magnotta."
Lafreniere said the large jet, an Airbus Polaris military transport plane, was needed to make a direct flight from Berlin -- where Magnotta fled following the alleged murder.
Lafreniere explained that a refuelling stop with a criminal on board presents "a diplomatic problem."