Dozens of Hells Angels and associated motorcycle club members were pulled over by police on Kelowna's Glenmore Road Saturday, not long after the riders took off from the Kelowna Hells Angel's clubhouse on their annual Poker Run ride.
Upwards of 100 riders were seen pulled over on Glenmore Road, just north of Summit Drive at about noon. Earlier Saturday, the bikers had left from the Hells Angel's clubhouse in Kelowna's North End, on Ellis Street.
The poker run involves riding to different locations and collecting playing cards. The cards are then used to make a poker hand at the end of the ride.
The Hells Angels set up a chapter in Kelowna around 2006. The gang's clubhouse, while still in use by its members, is the subject of an ongoing BC Civil Forfeiture Office trial (link is external) in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver.
After several police raids on the property over the past several years, the property's assets were frozen in 2016 (link is external), pending the outcome of the trial. The BC Civil Forfeiture Office is looking to seize the gang's clubhouses in Nanaimo and Vancouver, in addition to Kelowna, arguing the properties will be used to commit crimes in the future.
The trial, 10 years in the making, is scheduled into December.
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Upwards of 100 riders were seen pulled over on Glenmore Road, just north of Summit Drive at about noon. Earlier Saturday, the bikers had left from the Hells Angel's clubhouse in Kelowna's North End, on Ellis Street.
Dozens of motorcycle riders were pulled over by police on Glenmore Road Saturday. Police have yet to comment on the ride, or about their interaction with the riders on Glenmore. It's unclear if any arrests were made.
The Hells Angels set up a chapter in Kelowna around 2006. The gang's clubhouse, while still in use by its members, is the subject of an ongoing BC Civil Forfeiture Office trial (link is external) in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver.
After several police raids on the property over the past several years, the property's assets were frozen in 2016 (link is external), pending the outcome of the trial. The BC Civil Forfeiture Office is looking to seize the gang's clubhouses in Nanaimo and Vancouver, in addition to Kelowna, arguing the properties will be used to commit crimes in the future.
The trial, 10 years in the making, is scheduled into December.
Canada - BN.
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