433 pounds of green cocaine

U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Cincinnati have landed 50 shipments containing 433 pounds of green cocaine since October. The green powder is processed into the more commonly known white form of cocaine. The shipments were packaged to appear like matcha or moringa powder, both popular nutritional supplements.

Surrey RCMP arrested for gang ties - update

A Surrey cop was caught in a vehicle with known gangsters in late January. The unnamed cop has been suspended. He is said to be 'probationary' with 1 year of experience. He is from Ontario. Charges are expected but cops say that could take months even though it is a 'high priority' for them. In the interim "the individual has no access to any policing information."

Board of Directors of MS13

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have hit MS-13’s “board of directors” with terror charges — accusing the leaders of ordering scores of murders. The men make up the “Ranfla Nacional” — the gang’s ruling body. The “Twelve Apostles of the Devil” are the upper echelon of MS-13. The vicious gang is responsible for a huge number of mutilated bodies. The machete is the preferred tool of choice.

Manitoba cops invite owner to claim lost cocaine

Did you lose a black toiletry bag at a gas station in Ashern on Feb 1? Lucky for you, we have it! Contains 2 packs of smokes, 2 bottles of cannabis capsules & 6oz cocaine. Call RCMP at 204-768-2311 to arrange for pickup! #rcmpmb pic.twitter.com/pPd1Npbojn — RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) February 3, 2021

Manitoba cops found a lost bag containing 6 ounces of cocaine and pot pills. They have invited the owner to come and claim it.

Donald ‘Smurf’ Glass - life + 10 years

His nickname was Smurf, but Donald Glass was far from a child's cartoon character. He is a leader of the Gangster Disciples in Georgia and turned kids into killers. He had a direct hand in more than 10 murders. Glass, 30, was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison for his many crimes. Glass and the Gangster Disciples were responsible for 24 shootings from 2011 through 2015, including 12 murders.

They called themselves the "Hate Committee". Cops say they have a single purpose: to carry out high level violent crime for the gang.

HA prospect/rat sues state

The plaintiff is listed as John Doe in the lawsuit filed in Manitoba. He became a prospect with the Winnipeg and Thunder Bay chapters around 1998 and is now in prison on a drug conviction. The court filing says the information the rat shared resulted in the arrests and convictions of "numerous" people, including during Project Sideshow, a bust of 14. The rat says his identity was leaked by the crown after which he received multiple death threats.

The rat is seeking damages for the violation of his informer privilege and right to life, liberty and security under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Bacchus MC members misunderstood

Bacchus MC members David John Pearce, Duayne James Howe and Patrick Michael James are pulling out the stops in appealing their extortion convictions. The three men threatened, intimidated and extorted in an effort to maintain the “power of the patch.” Bacchus MC has a three-patch ranking, the highest of the one-percenter outlaw motorcycle club designations.

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal heard arguments to overturn those convictions. Among many other things the bikers claim respected cop Sgt. Leonard Isnor is biased against them.

Court stays weapons, gambling charges for HA connected cousins

A Superior Court judge has stayed charges against two cousins, one of whom has links to the Niagara Falls Hells Angels. A 12-day delay in providing cousins Michael and Raffaele Simonelli with a “special bail hearing” breached their charter rights. They were ensnared in Project Hobart and charged with weapons offences, bookmaking and commission of an offence for a criminal organization.

Bad Beef Baron Blaze

There has been another arson at the Beef Baron strip club, the fourth. The fire caused $5k damage. It comes five months after another suspicious blaze gutted a nearby duplex where peelers from the club stayed.

Beef Baron operator Vincent Barletta, the brother of former London Hells Angels chapter president Robert Barletta, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Trump smiles on pot dealer Jonathon Braun

Braun was 5 years into his mandated mimimum sentence.

Jonathan Braun was one of 70 people to have their sentence commuted by Trump before he left the White House. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $100k for spearheading an operation that illegally imported more than 110 tons of pot from Canada through a Native American reservation on the New York border. Braun was supplied by a consortium with ties to the three most powerful organized crime groups in Canada, including the Hells Angels. The contraband was concealed in vehicles entering New York from Canada through the Akwesasne reservation in upstate Franklin County.