Hells Angels drug deals out in open
Many of Winnipeg's most popular suburban restaurants, stores, shopping malls and entertainment outlets were used as the backdrop for the Hells Angels to conduct dozens of drug and weapons deals.
Court documents obtained Friday reveal the numerous locations where gang members and associates quietly did their business while under surveillance during a year-long police sting operation. Police arrested 34 suspects last December after trusted gangster Michael Satsatin agreed to become a paid secret agent and capture the inner workings of the criminal organization in exchange for $450,000 and witness protection.
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Court documents obtained Friday reveal the numerous locations where gang members and associates quietly did their business while under surveillance during a year-long police sting operation. Police arrested 34 suspects last December after trusted gangster Michael Satsatin agreed to become a paid secret agent and capture the inner workings of the criminal organization in exchange for $450,000 and witness protection.
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| Investigators seized 165 ounces of cocaine, 12 ounces of methamphetamine, 12,000 ecstasy tablets, one ounce of heroin and seven pounds of marijuana during their investigation, along with cash, firearms and gang paraphernalia. More than 300 Mounties and police from Winnipeg, Brandon, Ste. Anne and B.C. were involved. Police detail every step of their undercover operation in hundreds of pages of search warrant affidavits, which were unsealed this week. One of the accused has pleaded guilty, while the other 33 remain before the courts. Perhaps the most surprising venue for a drug deal was outside the Youth for Christ building on Talbot Avenue. The agent was told to meet one of the targets of the investigation in the parking lot just before 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. Plans had been made earlier in the day during a meeting at a Visions electronic store in St. James, according to police. The agent had already paid $5,000 as a down payment on five ounces of cocaine, which was placed inside his car by the target. Another unlikely meeting spot was the Fort Rouge Recreation and Leisure Centre. The agent was given one ounce of heroin from a target in September 2009 in exchange for $7,000 cash. They also discussed a possible deal in which the target would obtain a Glock handgun and give it to the agent for $5,000. The pair had a followup meeting a week later at a Salisbury House restaurant, in which the target claimed he had obtained a .22-calibre handgun with a silencer and would sell it for $4,000. The agent declined, saying he only wanted a Glock. |
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