HA henchman Boucher-Savard dead - Revisited

Montreal's 35th murder is Charles Boucher-Savard, 35. He died in hospital after being shot multiple times. He was released from a federal pen in September after serving two-thirds of a sentence for stabbing Giuseppe Capobianco of the Luppino family.

Charles-Olivier Boucher-Savard, then 31, was charged with attempted murder after a home invasion of Natale Luppino in 2018, an influential member of the Ontario mafia. Boucher-Savard stabbed Luppino's nephew, Giuseppe Capobianco, four times before the weapon broke. Injured, Capobianco managed to get out of the residence and call police. Boucher-Savard pleaded guilty to one count of assault with bodily harm. In 2014 Boucher-Savard was arrested with henchmen of the Quebec Hells Angels and found guilty of drug trafficking.

Natale Luppino and brother Rocco are influential members of the Luppino-Violi clan in Ontario. Rocco's son Cece Luppino was murdered in January 2019. Nobody has been arrested. Sources say a conflict over the control of sports betting operations could be the backdrop for many of the attacks.

Mexican Mafia gets it's man - 26 years later

It took 26 years for a Mexican Mafia death sentence to reach Donald Ramon Ortiz. A member of the Mexican Mafia, Ortiz was cast out of the gang in the mid-1990s. Ortiz, they decided, should be killed. For the next 26 years as he cycled through county jails, state prisons and brief periods on the street, he wore a target on his back. Ortiz knew he was a marked man. Authorities knew it too. Whenever they discovered a plot to kill Ortiz or he was attacked in prison, they’d offer to protect him. His answer was the same: I can take care of myself. On Nov. 19, Chino police were called. A man had walked up to Ortiz and fired a bullet into his head, leaving him to die in the street.

Ortiz was dead by the time cops arrived. A witness told police that a man with a thin build, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and wearing a blue suit jacket, exchanged a few words with Ortiz before shooting him once in the head. It was likely a Mexican Mafia 'camarada', an associate who is not yet a full-fledged member. “When you’re deemed ‘no good’ by the Mexican Mafia, there’s no rehabilitation. There’s no coming back from that.”

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Mexican cartels turning to bigger labs

Mexican drug cartels are turning to bigger, more productive labs to churn out increasing quantities of synthetic drugs like meth and fentanyl, according to the Defense Department. There has been a shift by Mexican cartels away from naturally grown drugs like opium and marijuana, where seizures have fallen. Seizures of fentanyl soared 525% in the last three years. Mexican cops seized 1,232 pounds (559 kg) of fentanyl in 2016-2018 and 7,710 pounds (3,497 kg) in 2019-2021. The change was reflected in a drop of more than 50% in the amount of opium poppy fields destroyed in the last three years.

Seizures of methamphetamines, meanwhile, more than doubled. Meth seizures rose from 120,100 pounds (54,521 kg) in 2016-2018 to almost 275,000 pounds (124,735 kg) in the last three years, an increase of 128%. Mexico's synthetic drug boom was illustrated when a trucker from Mexico was arrested after trying to smuggle record-breaking amounts of meth and fentanyl into the U.S. More than 17,500 pounds (7,930 kg) of meth and 389 pounds (176 kg) of fentanyl were discovered hidden inside a tractor-trailer at the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego in November.

Florida drug suspect denies owning dope wrapped around penis

Florida man Patrick Florence denied ownership of baggies containing cocaine and methamphetamine that cops found “wrapped around his penis”. Florence, 34, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped around 4 AM for traveling without headlights or tail lights. The driver, Darius Owens, 27, was subsequently arrested on DUI. A search of the vehicle turned up a handgun under Florence’s seat, leading to his arrest on a pair of felony weapons charges. Florence denied ownership of the .38 Special. The ex-con’s rap sheet includes dozens of felony convictions, which bars him from possessing firearms and ammunition. Questioned about the drugs, Florence stated the package wrapped around his penis was not his.

Florence, who has multiple cocaine convictions, neglected to identify the purported owner of the drugs wrapped around his penis.

1.2 tonnes of cocaine lassoed in Kent

Cocaine with a street value of £90m has been found in a banana shipment during a raid at a Kent port. Seven men, including a security guard, were arrested after 100 cops swooped at Sheerness port. The 1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized arrived in the UK from Costa Rica. All seven have been charged with conspiring to import class A drugs.

NZ gangster Dean Noble - Going to prison used to be 'my job'

Notorious former Highway 61 gangster Dean Noble appeared in the Christchurch District Court where a judge said she was confident he can “can make a real go of it this time around”. He was given a slap on the wrist for possession of 99g of methamphetamine for supply, and breaching a protection order by having an air pistol. Its 12 months intensive supervision, along with monitoring and 40 hours of community work. Noble, who has more than 60 convictions, has spent much of his life behind bars. He was released on parole in March 2019 at the age of 51.

Noble said he was determined to take a better path from now on. “For a long time, for years, my job was to come to jail, get sentenced and pretty much [go] through the courts. “But I got my daughter now, and I’m married. Things are different, a little harder, but I am enjoying it. My family means more to me now. I am going to make the most of this that I can.”

46 kilos of cocaine found on SA beach

No arrests have been made in any of these cases.

46kg cocaine was found washed up on the main beach in Jeffrey's Bay in the Eastern Cape. Earlier this month, 600kg of cocaine was found in a shipping container at Durban Harbour. In Nov, 541kg of cocaine was stolen from Hawks offices in Port Shepstone. The thieves entered through a window and “tampered” with one of the safes in the office.

That load came from a June bust.

Nathan Townsend nailed for witness tampering - Red Scorpions

Townsend is also known as Nathan Pawluck

Nathan Townsend, 26, is one of five men charged in connection with the Oct 2018 death of Troy Gold. Townsend, from jail, contacted or attempted to contact a witness in the case 64 times. Townsend is linked to the Red Scorpions gang and Konaam Shirzad, who was shot to death outside his Kamloops home in Sept 2017.

There have been no arrests.

Gold’s murder was the first in a series of deadly gang-related incidents in the city over a five month period that saw four people killed.
See ----->Cops have “viable suspects” in Konaam Shirzad hit
See ----->Shirzad murder set stage for violence unfolding in Kamloops

N.J. Pagan leaders indicted after shooting at Hells Angels rival

Larry Ortiz, aka “Savage” 31

Two New Jersey Pagan’s were indicted for an Oct 2020 incident in which prosecutors said they shot at a member of the Hells Angels. Larry Ortiz and Junius Aquino, aka “Jayo,” 38, were leaving a Verona bar when they were attacked by a group with baseball bats. A week later Ortiz and Aquino shot at a member of the HAMC in retaliation.

Ortiz and Aquino each face four charges. They were both indicted on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.

U.S. offers $5m each for Los Chapitos — El Chapo's four sons

The U.S. Department of State is offering $5m for information leading to the capture of any of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera’s four sons. Ovidio Guzmán López, Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Joaquín Guzmán López are known collectively as Los Chapitos. The four are high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel and control large factions of the cartel. They are believed to be involved in bloody turf wars with rival gangs and infighting for control of the organization.