Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been working with local forces for about a year to arrest 27 gang members believed to be part of a drug trafficking ring, including members of the Hells Angels and Red Devils motorcycle gangs.
They also shut down a biker clubhouse on Highway 37 in Belleville and a storefront downtown. The operation, called “Project Coyote,” was a collaboration between the OPP and Toronto, Belleville, and Windsor police services.
“Urban street gangs are moving out of the neighborhoods, and they’re turning into global criminal networks. They’re becoming bigger and becoming bolder. They’re becoming more enterprising and more sophisticated,” said OPP Chief Superintendent Paul Mackey at the announcement on Feb. 23….