Eight known gang members, aged 16 to 33, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder following a massive bust on Jan. 10, which netted more than $500,000 in cocaine and guns.
In that bust, dubbed “Project IGAT,” one member of the White Boy Posse — an offshoot of the Hells Angels — and 17 other known gangsters were arrested. The most recent wave of charges, officials say, puts a significant dent into the armour of a sophisticated trafficking network which stretches from Red Deer to Grande Prairie, with Edmonton as its headquarters. “This will create a vacuum, and someone else will replace them,” Galvin said.
Police, Integrated Response to Organized Crime officers, and solicitor general Fred Lindsay stood above a portion of the seized narcotics yesterday, including bricks of cocaine with the characters “H1” stamped on the side. Galvin said the financial downturn has inspired gangsters to diverge from bigger, established groups, forcing senior gangsters to step in to fill the void.“The consumer base is shrinking, and there’s not a need for workers to provide that product,” he said. “People, in the last few years, who would not normally sell drugs, did. It’s quick money, high frequency, and low-risk, in general terms — and it’s not there now.”

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