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RED DEER

Outlaw bikers arrested in Red Deer drug investigation

May 3, 2019 | 10:06 AM

RED DEER – Members of a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle gang have been charged with drug trafficking offences following a lengthy ALERT investigation.

Project Rocker was a two-year investigation by ALERT, Red Deer’s organized crime team, into the suspected drug trafficking activities of the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club.

Syndicate is a support club of the Hells Angels.

Project Rocker concluded on April 30, after three suspects were arrested.

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An estimated $350,000 worth of drugs was seized, along with firearms, motorcycles, and cash.

Three Red Deer homes were searched and the following items were seized:

– Three kilograms of cocaine

– Nine kilograms of a cocaine buffing agent

– 2.8 kilograms of cannabis

– A handgun

– An SKS rifle

– Four vehicles

– $78,794 cash proceeds of crime

ALERT alleges that members of the club were involved in an extensive drug trafficking network that operated in the Red Deer area.

Casey Chapin and Joel Befus are both full patch members of the support club and have been charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, along with a range of other offences.

Bailey Chapin, a 29-year-old woman, was also charged.

Support clubs are typically utilized to carry out lower-level dirty work for the Hells Angels, such as drug trafficking and expanding territory to secondary markets.

The Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels is based in Red Deer.

Project Rocker utilized a number of police investigative techniques and strategies, with the investigation beginning in April 2017.