HA Francisco Batista Pires charged - frequent flyer

Francisco Batista Pires, 62, and Angelo Giuseppe Freda, 60, have finally been charged and each face one count of keeping an illegal gaming house. Last we heard the HA biker was before the courts on a gaming charge, 3 years ago. Big Shots Cafe was busted again July 13, 2022, lassoing Pires for a second time. Pires and Freda are scheduled to appear in court on April 7.

Cops raid Big Shots Café at 3980 East Hastings St.

Full patch Nomad Francisco Batista Pires, then 57, was busted for illegal gambling. Pires and 3 others were nailed after a raid on Burnaby's Big Shots café on July 4, 2020. Pires incorporated Big Shots in 2004. Fellow Hells Angel Rob Alvarez was involved at one point. Both he and Pires are listed as café operators. Pires and fellow Hells Angel Ronaldo Lising were convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to traffic cocaine and sentenced to 4½ years in jail.

The two operated a cocaine business supplying Vancouver peeler bars. A judge called them “criminals in the true sense.”

Francisco 'Chico' Pires, third from left. Ronaldo Lising is far right, with sword. Photo was seized by cops in 2005 clubhouse raid.

Ronaldo Lising punching a bouncer while Rob Alvarez kicks him. The 2005 attack came as the two bikers declined to wait in line.

Ronaldo 'Ronnie' Lising arrested in 2000.