Escaped murderer’s loyalty to Hells Angels runs deep$1:
Even though he was serving a life sentence for murder, René Charlebois’s good behaviour for the past decade suggested he was getting himself rehabilitated and allowed him to get assigned to a minimum-security penitentiary.
But apparently Mr. Charlebois had not forgotten his wedding day, when he donned his biker leather vest and toasted his guests by saying: “My brothers, I love you. My heart, my blood and my life belongs to the Hells Angels.”
Rinse, and repeat. Law enforcement is ill-equipped to deal with them.
Four B.C. Hells Angels arrested for cocaine smuggling in Spain (with video)$1:
The four Canadian Hells Angels accused of attempting to distribute 500 kilograms of cocaine in Spain are linked to the Haney and Mission chapters of the biker gang, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
Two full-patch members — Jason Cyrus Arkinstall of Mission and Chad John Wilson of Haney — were among the B.C. men arrested in a coffee bar by Spain’s National Police. The other B.C. men facing charges in Spain are Scott Smitna and Michael Dryborough, associates of the Hells Angels in Mission and Haney.
Spain’s Interior Ministry revealed details of the investigation Saturday and released a video of the arrests of the four, but did not identify them by name or hometown. The video shows police running into the café, wrestling the men from their chairs to the ground and handcuffing them. Police did not say when the arrest happened.
The Spanish government said the four were involved in an attempt to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to the Galician coast of Spain on a sailboat. One of the B.C. bikers was on the vessel, while the others were waiting in Spain.
Take 4 or 5 to jail, profit ensures 4 or 5 more will be just itching for the opportunity to fill their shoes. The market will recruit them itself.
The war on drugs is a failure.
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On Monday, the office of federal Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney asked whether Mr. Charlebois, who has a record for murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism, was incarcerated at the proper level of security.
“I have ordered a review of security classification for violent and dangerous inmates, in order to ensure they are imprisoned at appropriate security levels to protect law-abiding Canadians,” Mr. Blaney said in a statement.
Take their money away, and give it to health care and treatment of addiction. Or build some roads. It's the only way for us to win, capitalism is too good of a motivator.