HA Neil 'Nitro' Cantrill pulls 10 years - update

Alberta HA Robert Lowry was attacked in Matsqui Institution by another inmate. Lowry of the Edmonton chapter was not seriously injured after the Nov. 18 attack. Lowry is appealing his 2020 conviction and 2021 sentence of 9 years. Neil 'Nitro' Cantrill was sentenced to 10 years in jail, while son Stephan Cantrill pulled a six-year term. All were convicted of aggravated assault, kidnapping, extortion, forcible confinement and overcoming resistance. Their crimes took place in Aug 2016. Hope resident Richard Houle grew pot for Neil Cantrill for over a dozen years. When Houle told Cantrill in Dec 2014 that he wanted out of the business, he didn’t think there would be a problem.

There was a problem in Aug 2016, when Houle was kidnapped by Cantrill, son Stephan and Lowry. Houle was brutally beaten and told he would have to sign his house over. Cantrill’s history includes a $1,000 fine for possession of live rattlesnakes. See ----->Hells Angels Neil 'Nitro' Cantrill busted again

13 arrested in raids on Quebec drug network

300 cops made raids across Quebec and Ontario. The network operated in Montreal, Lanaudière, Mauricie, the Laurentians and Ontario. Raids were a result of an investigation launched by the Montreal police anti-gang squad. Two days of searches returned nearly 1m amphetamine tablets, hundreds of litres of chemicals and 50 kg of meth powder, weapons, other drugs and cash.

HA leader Salvatore Cazzetta forced into retirement

Quebec media is reporting Salvatore Cazzetta, 67, who was considered influential for more than 30 years, will retire from the HAMC, a move akin to expulsion. Among the most influential actors in organized crime in Quebec for decades, it is said Cazzetta lost support of bikers. Cazzetta once had strong ties to the recently released Raynald Desjardins, a force within the Calabrian Mafia in Montreal. Recently whacked dealer Maxime Lenoir also had a close connection to Cazzetta. Lenoir was the head of a methamphetamine manufacturing lab. Today there was news of a massive HAMC meth lab bust in Quebec. See ----->Cocaine importer Maxime Lenoir whacked

Maxime Lenoir

Baytowne Hyundai screws Canadians real good

She took her SUV to the dealership in August 2021.

Daryan Coryat was floored when Baytowne Hyundai handed her a $7k repair bill for her 2013 Hyundai Tucson after the vehicle sat for eight months waiting on an engine recall part. The dealership told her the vehicle was ready in April 2022, but the engine light went on the moment she drove it off the lot.

The critical engine part took 8 months to arrive.

She took it back to the dealership, which then charged her for an inspection and quoted her $7,000 in new repairs. When $900 in sales tax was added, the bill came to $7,918.98. The list of things needing repair included the intake manifold, the rear 02 sensor, flex pipe, upstream 02 sensor, muffler, both rear brake calipers, rear brake pads, rear brake rotors, both front brake calipers, front brake pads and front brake rotors. Automotive experts say improper storage by the dealer was the direct cause of problems they are now charging to repair.

Jim Williams, Principal

The bill for repairs is "padded beyond belief. I have rarely seen a case of repair abuse like this one." He says avoid Hyundai and Kia products.

Josh Buys, Service Manager

Sandra Celli, Controller.

Caterina Giancotti - female 'Ndrangheta boss lassoed

Italian police made 49 arrests in a Milan probe into a branch of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia in the city of Rho. Cops said they had found a women among the top 'Ndrangheta bosses, who was "even more merciless than the males". Caterina Giancotti is the right hand of Cristian Bandiera, son of boss Gaetano Bandiera. Giancotti's role was not only in extortion but also in drug trafficking. In all, cops said they found five women among the 'Ndrangheta operatives in Lombardy. Police seized assets worth 40m euros. Cop intercepts turned up threats including "I'll eat your liver and that of those two shitty rats," "today I'll come to your house and batter you to death" and "remember that they're going to bring me a piece of you".

Kabir Talwar busted real good - update

Indian businessman Kabir Talwar was arrested last fall in relation to the Mundra Port bust, in which around 3,000 kg of heroin was recovered. The NIA Court in Ahmedabad rejected the regular bail plea of Delhi's Harpreet Singh alias Kabir Talwar. Talwar’s counsel said he was wrongly arrested by the NIA without sufficient evidence. However, the court rejected Talwar’s bail plea and he will stay caged.

Talwar was found to be the importer of multiple consignments of semi-processed talc stone, in which heroin was concealed. The consignment was brought from Kandahar in Afghanistan via Bandar Abbas in Iran to Gujarat. Talwar owns popular nightclubs in Delhi and was known for his hugely affluent lifestyle. The bust was last September.

Luc-Manuel Thibodeau drug shack for sale

In Feb 2019, the Sûreté du Québec busted a drug network linked to the Hells Angels. About thirty were arrested as part of Operation Oursin, including Luc-Manuel Thibodeau, 48. He was fingered by cops as a supplier to the network run by the Blanchette twins, including Éric Blanchette, a prospect for the HA New Brunswick chapter. In November 2021, Thibodeau pleaded guilty to possession of property obtained by crime and received a suspended prison sentence. His luxurious property in Shawinigan is up for sale. The 28-room residence is offered for $2.75m.

The home is in the name of Thibodeau's spouse, Sandra Charron Bundock.

Bundock is the daughter of HA Alain Charron, who was sentenced to five years in 2018 for conspiring to import 15 tons of hash. The couple run a management company whose 'head office' is in the home.

See ----->HA associate drug dealer Lanthier buys additional 9 months

Port of Antwerp can't incinerate cocaine fast enough

In 2021 nearly 90 tonnes of cocaine was seized at the port of Antwerp, a new record. It will likely be broken again this year as customs expects that the 100-tonne mark will be reached. Street value is at least €5 billion. These record amounts of cocaine are causing a security problem: incinerators can't process the seized cocaine, so the stockpile keeps growing. "We are urgently looking for additional incineration capacity" a spokesperson said. "Burning cocaine releases substances that are very harmful to the filters of the incinerator. At most, we can process 1,000 to 1,500 kg per session." The mountain of cocaine is now so big officials fear criminals will raid the customs warehouses.

See ----->Drug lord Robert Mink Kok busted

Emmanuel Roy-Puthyra wanted

10 were pinned in Montreal, Laval, Mirabel, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines and Richmond Hill, Ontario. Two were arrested in prison, where they were behind bars for other offenses. Head of the network, Emmanuel Puthyra Roy, 35, is on the run. Cops carried out numerous searches which led to the seizure of eight firearms including an AR-15 type assault rifle, 170k opioid pills, tens of kilograms of cocaine and crystal meth worth $3.4m and $1.3m in cash. Gangsters went to Toronto "every week with bags of money" to buy weapons and drugs, which were sold on the streets of Montreal.

Roy-Puthyra is well known to police. He has a history of drug trafficking, fraud and obstruction. He is close to members of the reds allegiance, in particular Zone 43 in Montreal North. The group was made up of youth who grew up together in Montreal and became intrenched in the world of street gangs.

The New Michoacana Family on US sanctions list

America has declared war on drug brothers José Alfredo Hurtado and Johnny Hurtado. The La Nueva Familia Michoacana ‘brand’ is rainbow fentanyl pills. The gang has also been accused of trafficking heroin, meth and cocaine along with fentanyl disguised as Adderall, Xanax or Oxycodone. Mexican authorities said a massacre of 20 townspeople in Totolapan, Guerrero last month was the work of José Alfredo. The Oct. 5 attack killed the town’s mayor, his father and 18 other men.

The cartel is known as “The New Michoacan Family,” to distinguish it from an older gang that was expelled from Michoacan in the mid 2010s.