Yeah, that's pretty significant, though you wonder if this will end up with the same fate as did another substantial bust several years ago, which relied upon the extensive evidence gathered via Jay Dobyns, the BATF agent who managed to infiltrate the gang back in 2001, becoming a full fledged member before they moved in for the bust.

He just had a book published on the ordeal a month or two ago, documenting his experiences with them:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...okstorenow89-20

Basically, and I'm not too familiar with the particulars, the investigation led to the indictment of numerous members of the gang, but certain difficulties with the prosecution led to them either getting off easier, or not getting charged for certain crimes at all.

Really has to suck for this guy, as he's still getting death threats from the Hell's Angels (doesn't seem like the ATF's protection machine is working particularly well in his favor), and I just heard a few weeks ago that they burned down his house.

Anyway, with that said, they seem to be the latest in the crackdown on biker gangs, as the Mongol's were dealt a crippling blow last year due to a similar bust, which is a much smaller gang with far fewer chapters (and also one of the Hell's Angels main rivals), leading to the arrest of even their club president.

Last edited by Paradox Lost on Apr-17-2009 at 09:23

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Originally posted by ******** I can only geuss they are still pretty active in Ontario and out west although it seems BC was getting hit a few years back... you always hear about crack downs in the praries. Almost never hear about hells being hit in Ontario though, its usually other biker groups

last summer the hell's angels sweeped in and ousted the banditos from the Kingston area. the Banditos had been running the trafficking for a long time before that.