Hells Angels members arrested after Hamilton clubhouses raided by police

Four members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and 1 subordinate of the Red Devils MC person been arrested successful transportation with a robbery that occurred astatine a barroom successful Hamilton successful July, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

On July 4, a idiosyncratic was assaulted astatine the bar, and constabulary accidental that during the assault, the unfortunate besides had immoderate items stolen.

OPP accidental the robbery led their biker enforcement portion to analyse alongside officers from the Hamilton Police Service.

That probe led to a hunt of residences arsenic good arsenic the Hells Angels and Red Devils clubhouses successful Hamilton. The Red Devils are considered to beryllium a enactment nine for the Hells Angels.

During the searches, officers seized 4 shotguns, 3 rifles, a shotgun barrel, ammunition, assemblage armour and a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL).

A 41-year-old antheral from Grimsby, a 34-year-old antheral from Ancaster, a 36-year-old antheral from Brantford, a 36-year-old antheral from Hamilton, and a 51-year-old antheral from York person each been charged with battle causing bodily harm and robbery.

In addition, the Hamilton antheral was charged with breach of prohibition bid and unauthorized possession of a prohibited instrumentality portion the antheral from York was besides charged with breach of firearms retention regulations.

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This latest bid of arrests follows others passim Southern Ontario implicit the past fewer months, including successful Kitchener and Hamilton.

“Outlaw motorcycle gangs proceed to beryllium progressive successful amerciable activities, including convulsive occurrences, passim Ontario,” said OPP Det. Insp. Scott Wade of the biker enforcement unit.

“The caller frequence of arrests and occurrences tin beryllium attributed to the dedication and hard enactment of BEU members and our spouse agencies. Following quality generated by our frontline members and members of the nationalist is imperative successful proactively responding to the transgression activities associated to OMGs.”