Charges include drug trafficking offences
Members of a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle club have been charged with drug trafficking offences following a lengthy ALERT investigation called Project Rocker.
The two-year investigation by ALERT Red Deer’s organized crime team looked into the suspected drug trafficking activities of the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club. Syndicate is a support club of the Hells Angels.
Project Rocker wrapped up on April 30 after three suspects were arrested. An estimated $350,000 worth of drugs was seized, along with firearms, motorcycles and cash.
Three Red Deer homes were searched and the following items were seized:
Casey Chapin and Joel Befus, both full-patch members of the support club, have been charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, along with a range of other offences. Bailey Chapin, a 29-year-old woman, was also charged.
Police said support clubs are typically utilized to carry out lower-level dirty work for the Hells Angels, such as drug trafficking and expanding territory to secondary markets. The Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels is based in Red Deer.
Project Rocker utilized a number of police investigative techniques and strategies, with the investigation beginning in April 2017. ALERT received assistance from Red Deer RCMP, Innisfail RCMP, and Alberta Sheriffs surveillance team.
Casey Chapin, 33, was charged with conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance; possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking; money laundering; possession of proceeds of crime; possession of proceeds of crime for the purpose of trafficking; and six firearms-related offences.
Joel Befus, 32, was charged with conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance; and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
Bailey Chapin, 29, was charged with possession of proceeds of crime; and five firearms-related offences.
Both Casey and Bailey Chapin were released on bail after their initial court appearances. Befus was also released on bail with numerous conditions.
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Members of a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle club have been charged with drug trafficking offences following a lengthy ALERT investigation called Project Rocker.
The two-year investigation by ALERT Red Deer’s organized crime team looked into the suspected drug trafficking activities of the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club. Syndicate is a support club of the Hells Angels.
Project Rocker wrapped up on April 30 after three suspects were arrested. An estimated $350,000 worth of drugs was seized, along with firearms, motorcycles and cash.
Three Red Deer homes were searched and the following items were seized:
- three kilograms of cocaine.
- nine kilograms of a cocaine buffing agent.
- 2.8 kilograms of cannabis.
- a handgun.
- an SKS rifle.
- four vehicles.
- $78,794 cash proceeds of crime.
Casey Chapin and Joel Befus, both full-patch members of the support club, have been charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, along with a range of other offences. Bailey Chapin, a 29-year-old woman, was also charged.
Police said support clubs are typically utilized to carry out lower-level dirty work for the Hells Angels, such as drug trafficking and expanding territory to secondary markets. The Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels is based in Red Deer.
Project Rocker utilized a number of police investigative techniques and strategies, with the investigation beginning in April 2017. ALERT received assistance from Red Deer RCMP, Innisfail RCMP, and Alberta Sheriffs surveillance team.
Casey Chapin, 33, was charged with conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance; possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking; money laundering; possession of proceeds of crime; possession of proceeds of crime for the purpose of trafficking; and six firearms-related offences.
Joel Befus, 32, was charged with conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance; and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
Bailey Chapin, 29, was charged with possession of proceeds of crime; and five firearms-related offences.
Both Casey and Bailey Chapin were released on bail after their initial court appearances. Befus was also released on bail with numerous conditions.
Canada - BNN.
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