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Project HUSKY two-Year Investigation Culminates in Major Hells Angels Arrests |
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Written by Wire Services
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Thursday, 19 January 2006 |
Officers from the joint forces investigation Project HUSKY, on Wednesday charged 27 people for their connection in drug trafficking and organized crime in Northern Ontario and other locales in Quebec and Alberta.
Project HUSKY, a two-year, covert investigation focusing on specific Hells Angels motorcycle gang members and associates, began in January 2004. During the investigation, a number of drug seizures, including cocaine, marihuana, Ecstasy, Percocets, and Oxycontin, were made. The Controlled Substances have a retail street value exceeding 2.3 million dollars.
The charged individuals include five full members and one official hang-around of
the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. They have been charged with offences in relation to drug trafficking, violence and operating as a criminal organization. In addition, 21 associates of the Hells Angels were also charged with various offences.
On January 18th 2006, 15 search warrants were executed in relation to this investigation. Firearms, other prohibited weapons, and stolen property were seized during the execution of the search warrants. The Provincial Asset Forfeiture Unit has seized recreational vehicles, cash, and other assets. The investigation continues.
As a result of Project HUSKY, 27 people from Ontario and Quebec have been charged.
Arrest warrants are still to be executed on four individuals associated to this investigation.
Project HUSKY is a joint forces investigation led by the Biker Enforcement Unit and the Thunder Bay Police Service. The investigation involved the OPP North West Region, OPP North East Region, OPP Drug Enforcement Section, Provincial Assets Forfeiture Unit, and the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU), with the assistance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sûreté du Québec, Escouade Régionale Mixte and the Calgary Police Service.
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