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Suspected Windsor Hells Angels Member 3 Other H.A. Full Patches Among Those Arrested In 13-Month Provincial Police Probe Project Coyote. 3 Red Devils MC Arrested 20 Others Arrested.
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Suspected Windsor Hells Angels member among those arrested in 13-month provincial police probe Project Coyote
Author of the article:Trevor Wilhelm
Published Feb 23, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 1 minute read
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A map showing locations where arrests were made in Project Coyote.
PHOTO BY ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE /Windsor Star
An alleged Hells Angels member from the Windsor area was among 27 suspects arrested following a 13-month probe targeting organized crime groups involved in firearms and drug trafficking in Southern Ontario.
Project Coyote was a joint operation including the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau, Toronto police, and Belleville police.
Police said Thursday they seized a total of $150,000 worth of jewelry, more than $370,000 in Canadian cash, some U.S. cash, multiple cellphones, multiple handguns, several sawed-off shotguns and other weapons, body armour, and 10 vehicles. Investigators said they also seized large amounts of cocaine, fentanyl, crystal meth, and other drugs.
The investigation, which began in Jan. 2022, was focussed on the trafficking of controlled substances and firearms by Hells Angels and drug dealers in the Greater Toronto Area.
Police announced Thursday they executed nine “high-risk warrants” in the GTA on Jan. 18, 2023, and arrested 12 people.
Investigators executed more warrants in other regions on Feb. 22. Police arrested another 15 people, including three members of the Hells Angels and three members of the Red Devils Motorcycle Club.
One of those raids was at a house on Patillo Road in Lakeshore. Provincial police said a member of the Niagara chapter of the Hells Angels lives there. Police said the Lakeshore man was supplying cocaine to a Belleville Hells Angels member.
Investigators allegedly seized a “significant” amount of cash and “numerous items” related to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Cannabis Act at the Patillo Road house.
Jesse Thibert, 43, from Lakeshore, is charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, participation in a criminal organization, and commission of offence for a criminal organization.
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https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/suspected-windsor-hells-angels-member-arrested-in-13-month-provincial-police-probe-project-coyote
‘They’re moving out of clubhouses’: Police arrest full-patch Hells Angels in sprawling investigation
OPP, Toronto and Belleville police announced a yearlong investigation that included raids on motorcycle clubs and storefronts, recovered stolen firearms and 3D printed weapons.
By Ana PereiraStaff Reporter
Peter EdwardsStaff Reporter
Thu., Feb. 23, 2023timer2 min. read
updateArticle was updated 6 hrs ago
Twenty-seven people — including three full-patch Hells Angels — have been arrested in what police call a crackdown on a drug and gun trafficking ring.
The 13-month operation called Project Coyote pooled the efforts of Toronto police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Windsor Police Service and the Belleville Police Service, against the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, the affiliated Red Devils Motorcycle club and an unidentified street gang.
Wade said the project started as three separate police investigations which morphed into one.
"Project Coyote" was a year-long investigation that brought down two criminal groups operating a drug trafficking network in the Belleville area.
“We were able to put a large-scale project together,” Det. Insp. Scott Wade of the OPP Biker Enforcement Unit said in an interview.
The men and women arrested had a variety of hometowns, including Etobicoke, Mississauga, Woodbridge, Oshawa, Trenton and Belleville.
“Criminals and their organizations don’t pay attention to boundaries — so neither should police services,” Toronto police Staff Supt. Paul MacIntyre said.
OPP, Toronto and Belleville police announced a yearlong investigation that included raids on motorcycle clubs and storefronts, recovered stolen firearms and 3D printed weapons.
“It’s important that investigators work in concert to conduct such investigations to keep our communities safe — no matter what patch we wear on our shirts,” he said.
The targeted network, which did some of its work out of storefronts selling Hells Angels support gear like T-shirts and caps, posed a significant threat to the public, police said.
“Street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs and other organized crime groups undermine peace and security across our communities,” OPP Chief Supt. Paul Mackey said. “They deal in violence and conflict. They launder money. They traffic firearms and people. They hurt our communities.”
Deputy Chief Chris Barry of the Belleville police also praised the cooperative nature of the police effort.
“Collaborative investigations such as Project Coyote send a very powerful message to criminals that they will face the combined resources of the entire law enforcement community in order to hold them accountable for their actions,” Barry said.
There were a dozen arrests in the GTA on Jan. 18 and another 15 arrests on Feb. 22, when three Hells Angels and three members of the Red Devils were arrested.
More charges are anticipated, police said.
Police said they seized significant amounts of cash, firearms, weapons, and vehicles.
The five handguns seized included a Glock P80 3D-printed handgun and a stolen .357 Ruger handgun. Also seized were three sawed off shotguns, three replica handguns, two stun guns and live ammunition, police said.
Also seized was body armour, 10 vehicles, more than $370,000 in Canadian currency, two Rolex watches, and gold chains and rings with an approximate value of $150,000, police said.
Seized drugs included 16 kilograms of cocaine, 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl, and six kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, police said.
Other items seized included 20 pounds of cannabis, 500 packages of cannabis edibles and eight pounds of hashish, police said.
Nicholas Runnalls, 43, who police say is a full-patch Hells Angel from Trenton, faces 22 charges, including participation in a criminal organization.
Police said other Hells Angels charged were Jesse Thibert, 43, of Lakeshore, charged with participation in a criminal organization and commission of an offence for a criminal organization and Mark Stewart, 43, of Belleville, charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/02/23/police-to-announce-results-of-project-coyote-investigation-on-thursday-afternoon.html?rf
https://nowtoronto.com/news/hells-angels-and-red-devils-members-facing-charges-after-numerous-drugs-firearms-seized-in-police-investigation/ more pics.
Hells Angel among eight arrested in Quebec drug-trafficking probe
In 2021, the same squad carried out a search warrant at the home of Serge Lebrasseur, a full-patch Hells Angel, in the investigation.
Serge Lebrasseur, a member of the Hells Angels chapter in Trois-Rivières, was arrested on Feb. 22 and faces charges alleging he conspired to traffic in methamphetamine and cocaine.
Eight people, including a full-patch member of the Hells Angels, were arrested Wednesday morning as part of a drug-trafficking investigation that one lawyer described as having produced “an astronomical amount” of evidence.
The suspects were arrested by members of the regional mixed squad based in the Montérégie.
Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Audrey-Anne Bilodeau said most of the suspects were taken to SQ headquarters on Parthenais St. in Montreal before they appeared before a judge by video conference at the Sorel courthouse Wednesday afternoon.
Serge Lebrasseur, 59, a longtime member of the Hells Angels chapter in Trois-Rivières, is named in an arrest warrant along with four other people who were investigated. Three other men who were arrested Wednesday appeared before the same judge.
The eight men were ordered to remain detained for the time being. They are scheduled to return to court on Monday for a formality hearing to set a future date for their bail hearings
Wearing a grey shirt with the Harley Davidson motorcycle logo above the breast pocket, Lebrasseur needed a cane to get around at SQ headquarters before he settled into a chair to appear through the video conference.
He was charged with conspiring to traffic in cocaine and methamphetamine between Nov. 11, 2020 and June 30, 2021. He also faces two counts related to drug trafficking.
“I’ve had the occasion to obtain the evidence from my colleague with the Crown,” Lebrasseur’s lawyer, Rudi Daelman, told the judge. “Seeing as how the disclosure is on three (computer) hard drives and is an astronomical amount of documents to analyze, I ask that you carry the case over to Monday.”
The other men named in the warrant with Lebrasseur are Kevin Tessier, 32, of St-Charles-Borromée and three residents of Sorel-Tracy: Marc-Antoine Cournoyer, 31, Jean-Philippe Delisle, 32, and Alexandre Doucet, 69.
Tessier was incarcerated at the Sorel Detention Centre when he was arrested Wednesday morning. He is serving time for breaking and entering, armed robbery and assault.
“These arrests stem from an investigation initiated in November 2020 which had so far collected evidence related to the suspects during searches carried out in 2021. These searches had led to the seizure, among other things, of more than $200,000 in Canadian currency, of various narcotics, firearms and various items related to organized crime and drug trafficking,” the SQ said in a statement.
“Regional mixed squads are partnerships between police services whose objective is to pool resources to better fight organized crime, in all regions of Quebec.”
On June 30, 2021, the same regional mixed squad carried out a search warrant at Lebrasseur’s home in Sorel-Tracy as part of the same investigation.
According to a court decision in 2010, when Lebrasseur sought bail following his arrest in a Sûreté du Québec investigation dubbed Operation SharQc, he became a member of the Hells Angels on Dec. 5, 1998, after having been a member of a support club called the Rowdy Crew.
He survived an attempt on his life in 1994. Sylvain Boulanger, a former Hells Angel who became an informant in Operation SharQc, alleged to police that the owner of a bar in Sorel who was believed to be behind the shooting was later killed by Lebrasseur just before he became a Hells Angel.
Evidence gathered in Operation SharQc revealed Lebrasseur served as a sergeant-at-arms for the Hells Angels during the 2000s. Boulanger, a sergeant-at-arms for the biker gang’s Sherbrooke chapter, said he attended meetings with Lebrasseur during which they and other sergeants-at-arms exchanged information on their enemies in Quebec’s biker gang war, which stretched from 1994 to 2002 and resulted in the deaths of more than 160 people.
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https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/eight-arrested-in-quebec-drug-trafficking-probe-tied-to-hells-angels
Author of the article:Trevor Wilhelm
Published Feb 23, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 1 minute read
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A map showing locations where arrests were made in Project Coyote.
PHOTO BY ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE /Windsor Star
An alleged Hells Angels member from the Windsor area was among 27 suspects arrested following a 13-month probe targeting organized crime groups involved in firearms and drug trafficking in Southern Ontario.
Project Coyote was a joint operation including the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau, Toronto police, and Belleville police.
Police said Thursday they seized a total of $150,000 worth of jewelry, more than $370,000 in Canadian cash, some U.S. cash, multiple cellphones, multiple handguns, several sawed-off shotguns and other weapons, body armour, and 10 vehicles. Investigators said they also seized large amounts of cocaine, fentanyl, crystal meth, and other drugs.
The investigation, which began in Jan. 2022, was focussed on the trafficking of controlled substances and firearms by Hells Angels and drug dealers in the Greater Toronto Area.
Police announced Thursday they executed nine “high-risk warrants” in the GTA on Jan. 18, 2023, and arrested 12 people.
Investigators executed more warrants in other regions on Feb. 22. Police arrested another 15 people, including three members of the Hells Angels and three members of the Red Devils Motorcycle Club.
One of those raids was at a house on Patillo Road in Lakeshore. Provincial police said a member of the Niagara chapter of the Hells Angels lives there. Police said the Lakeshore man was supplying cocaine to a Belleville Hells Angels member.
Investigators allegedly seized a “significant” amount of cash and “numerous items” related to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Cannabis Act at the Patillo Road house.
Jesse Thibert, 43, from Lakeshore, is charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, participation in a criminal organization, and commission of offence for a criminal organization.
Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings.
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/suspected-windsor-hells-angels-member-arrested-in-13-month-provincial-police-probe-project-coyote
‘They’re moving out of clubhouses’: Police arrest full-patch Hells Angels in sprawling investigation
OPP, Toronto and Belleville police announced a yearlong investigation that included raids on motorcycle clubs and storefronts, recovered stolen firearms and 3D printed weapons.
By Ana PereiraStaff Reporter
Peter EdwardsStaff Reporter
Thu., Feb. 23, 2023timer2 min. read
updateArticle was updated 6 hrs ago
Twenty-seven people — including three full-patch Hells Angels — have been arrested in what police call a crackdown on a drug and gun trafficking ring.
The 13-month operation called Project Coyote pooled the efforts of Toronto police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Windsor Police Service and the Belleville Police Service, against the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, the affiliated Red Devils Motorcycle club and an unidentified street gang.
Wade said the project started as three separate police investigations which morphed into one.
"Project Coyote" was a year-long investigation that brought down two criminal groups operating a drug trafficking network in the Belleville area.
“We were able to put a large-scale project together,” Det. Insp. Scott Wade of the OPP Biker Enforcement Unit said in an interview.
The men and women arrested had a variety of hometowns, including Etobicoke, Mississauga, Woodbridge, Oshawa, Trenton and Belleville.
“Criminals and their organizations don’t pay attention to boundaries — so neither should police services,” Toronto police Staff Supt. Paul MacIntyre said.
OPP, Toronto and Belleville police announced a yearlong investigation that included raids on motorcycle clubs and storefronts, recovered stolen firearms and 3D printed weapons.
“It’s important that investigators work in concert to conduct such investigations to keep our communities safe — no matter what patch we wear on our shirts,” he said.
The targeted network, which did some of its work out of storefronts selling Hells Angels support gear like T-shirts and caps, posed a significant threat to the public, police said.
“Street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs and other organized crime groups undermine peace and security across our communities,” OPP Chief Supt. Paul Mackey said. “They deal in violence and conflict. They launder money. They traffic firearms and people. They hurt our communities.”
Deputy Chief Chris Barry of the Belleville police also praised the cooperative nature of the police effort.
“Collaborative investigations such as Project Coyote send a very powerful message to criminals that they will face the combined resources of the entire law enforcement community in order to hold them accountable for their actions,” Barry said.
There were a dozen arrests in the GTA on Jan. 18 and another 15 arrests on Feb. 22, when three Hells Angels and three members of the Red Devils were arrested.
More charges are anticipated, police said.
Police said they seized significant amounts of cash, firearms, weapons, and vehicles.
The five handguns seized included a Glock P80 3D-printed handgun and a stolen .357 Ruger handgun. Also seized were three sawed off shotguns, three replica handguns, two stun guns and live ammunition, police said.
Also seized was body armour, 10 vehicles, more than $370,000 in Canadian currency, two Rolex watches, and gold chains and rings with an approximate value of $150,000, police said.
Seized drugs included 16 kilograms of cocaine, 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl, and six kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, police said.
Other items seized included 20 pounds of cannabis, 500 packages of cannabis edibles and eight pounds of hashish, police said.
Nicholas Runnalls, 43, who police say is a full-patch Hells Angel from Trenton, faces 22 charges, including participation in a criminal organization.
Police said other Hells Angels charged were Jesse Thibert, 43, of Lakeshore, charged with participation in a criminal organization and commission of an offence for a criminal organization and Mark Stewart, 43, of Belleville, charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/02/23/police-to-announce-results-of-project-coyote-investigation-on-thursday-afternoon.html?rf
https://nowtoronto.com/news/hells-angels-and-red-devils-members-facing-charges-after-numerous-drugs-firearms-seized-in-police-investigation/ more pics.
Hells Angel among eight arrested in Quebec drug-trafficking probe
In 2021, the same squad carried out a search warrant at the home of Serge Lebrasseur, a full-patch Hells Angel, in the investigation.
Serge Lebrasseur, a member of the Hells Angels chapter in Trois-Rivières, was arrested on Feb. 22 and faces charges alleging he conspired to traffic in methamphetamine and cocaine.
Eight people, including a full-patch member of the Hells Angels, were arrested Wednesday morning as part of a drug-trafficking investigation that one lawyer described as having produced “an astronomical amount” of evidence.
The suspects were arrested by members of the regional mixed squad based in the Montérégie.
Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Audrey-Anne Bilodeau said most of the suspects were taken to SQ headquarters on Parthenais St. in Montreal before they appeared before a judge by video conference at the Sorel courthouse Wednesday afternoon.
Serge Lebrasseur, 59, a longtime member of the Hells Angels chapter in Trois-Rivières, is named in an arrest warrant along with four other people who were investigated. Three other men who were arrested Wednesday appeared before the same judge.
The eight men were ordered to remain detained for the time being. They are scheduled to return to court on Monday for a formality hearing to set a future date for their bail hearings
Wearing a grey shirt with the Harley Davidson motorcycle logo above the breast pocket, Lebrasseur needed a cane to get around at SQ headquarters before he settled into a chair to appear through the video conference.
He was charged with conspiring to traffic in cocaine and methamphetamine between Nov. 11, 2020 and June 30, 2021. He also faces two counts related to drug trafficking.
“I’ve had the occasion to obtain the evidence from my colleague with the Crown,” Lebrasseur’s lawyer, Rudi Daelman, told the judge. “Seeing as how the disclosure is on three (computer) hard drives and is an astronomical amount of documents to analyze, I ask that you carry the case over to Monday.”
The other men named in the warrant with Lebrasseur are Kevin Tessier, 32, of St-Charles-Borromée and three residents of Sorel-Tracy: Marc-Antoine Cournoyer, 31, Jean-Philippe Delisle, 32, and Alexandre Doucet, 69.
Tessier was incarcerated at the Sorel Detention Centre when he was arrested Wednesday morning. He is serving time for breaking and entering, armed robbery and assault.
“These arrests stem from an investigation initiated in November 2020 which had so far collected evidence related to the suspects during searches carried out in 2021. These searches had led to the seizure, among other things, of more than $200,000 in Canadian currency, of various narcotics, firearms and various items related to organized crime and drug trafficking,” the SQ said in a statement.
“Regional mixed squads are partnerships between police services whose objective is to pool resources to better fight organized crime, in all regions of Quebec.”
On June 30, 2021, the same regional mixed squad carried out a search warrant at Lebrasseur’s home in Sorel-Tracy as part of the same investigation.
According to a court decision in 2010, when Lebrasseur sought bail following his arrest in a Sûreté du Québec investigation dubbed Operation SharQc, he became a member of the Hells Angels on Dec. 5, 1998, after having been a member of a support club called the Rowdy Crew.
He survived an attempt on his life in 1994. Sylvain Boulanger, a former Hells Angel who became an informant in Operation SharQc, alleged to police that the owner of a bar in Sorel who was believed to be behind the shooting was later killed by Lebrasseur just before he became a Hells Angel.
Evidence gathered in Operation SharQc revealed Lebrasseur served as a sergeant-at-arms for the Hells Angels during the 2000s. Boulanger, a sergeant-at-arms for the biker gang’s Sherbrooke chapter, said he attended meetings with Lebrasseur during which they and other sergeants-at-arms exchanged information on their enemies in Quebec’s biker gang war, which stretched from 1994 to 2002 and resulted in the deaths of more than 160 people.
pch...@postmedia.com
https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/eight-arrested-in-quebec-drug-trafficking-probe-tied-to-hells-angels
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