Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 16, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday december 16 2000 local As gangs wage turf War Over cocaine by Bruce Owen the recent spate of Gan related shootings in Winnipeg is due to a violent turf War Over the cites cocaine Trade a Trade Many believe is controlled by the Hells City police and sources confirmed yester police spokesman Bob John son said officers with the Winnipeg police services gang unit believe two Street gangs Are during it out Over who controls the distribution of cocaine on City it is believed these two factions both have Strong ties to organized criminal organizations and what is taking place is a turf War Between these Johnson the shootings themselves Are not believed to be random drive by but Are specific in their Johnson and other officers confirm the gangs involved they say they dont want to give them any hint of recent spate of shootings tied to Battle Over drug distribution in police say it is believed two Street the Indian posse and the Are behind the several people have been injured in six shootings in Winnipeg Over the past a 22yearold Man arrested in the latest in which a Man shot at four occupants of a car at Burrows Avenue and Powers had his bail hearing yesterday put Over to the largest organized crime outfits in the City Are the Manitoba whose ranks have been lessened with this years ant gang and the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle which recently set up shop in Winnipeg last summer after absorbing the los bravos motorcycle the criminal intelligence service of in its 2000 says the Hells Angels remain one of the most Power Ful and Well structured criminal organizations in it has 18 chapters across Canada and is currently expand ing into police sources say the recent shoot Ings in Winnipeg Are in keeping with How the Hells Angels do business they get Bottom feeders to do the dirty work while the big fish stay that in keeping with any criminal an officer in its disc said the Hells particularly in Are actively recruiting new referred to As cliques or to do Grunt work for the they Are usually made up of about a dozen Small time criminals who Are Given menial tasks like Low level debt drug Selling on the Street and break and the report the purpose of the cliques is to create an additional layer of insulation Between High level members and the As Well As to distance these members from criminal activity and disc says the Hells Angels will continue to expand their criminal network throughout the country and expand their association with other outlaw motorcycle gangs and other organized crime the Hells Angels Are believed to be involved in the importation and distribution of the production and distribution of As Well As the cultivation and exportation of High Grade the disc report the Hells Angels use a vast network of associates to recruit marijuana grow operation to set up grow to Harvest the drug and to move it at Street the report they Are also believed to be involved in the illegal 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