Three members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club and three members of the Red Devils motorcycle club were among those arrested in the probe
More than two dozen people have been charged after a 13-month investigation into the trafficking of controlled substances and firearms in southern Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday.
“Two criminal groups were identified as operating a drug trafficking network in the Belleville-Quinte West area,” said OPP Chief Supt. Paul Mackey, adding those groups were a Greater Toronto Area street gang and members of the motorcycle clubs. “A significant amount of illegal drugs — including more than a kilogram of fentanyl, six kilos of methamphetamine and 16 kilos of cocaine — were seized, as well as more than $370,000 in Canadian currency stemming from the proceeds of crime,” said Mackey.
The OPP said hundreds of charges were laid in the investigation related to the trafficking of drugs and firearms, criminal organization, conspiracy and possession of property obtained by crime.Police say nine warrants were initially executed in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 18, 2023, resulting in the arrest of a dozen people, and more warrants were carried out across southern Ontario on Wednesday with 15 more people arrested.
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