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December 29, 2022 - 10:56 AM
All seven men charged in a Hells Angels drug bust that spanned from Vancouver to Vernon have been arrested.
They were initially charged on Dec. 6 after multiple B.C. police detachments brought a two-year investigation to court.
Vancouver resident Lukas Tassone, 34, was arrested Dec. 23. He was the last of the group police put in cuffs since charges were approved earlier this month, according to a news release from B.C.'s gang squad.
The investigation, headed by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C., centred around the Hells Angles Haney Chapter and included 12 warrants from the Lower Mainland to the Okanagan.
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Police seized cash, weapons and drugs, which resulted in 25 criminal charges among the seven accused. Just one of the accused is a full-patch Hells Angels member, but police haven't identified which one.
Most were from the Lower Mainland with Vernon's Oakley Charest, 34, the sole Okanagan resident to face charges.
With eight counts against him, Charest has the most criminal charges against him out of the bunch.
They've all been released from custody with conditions as the investigation, which spanned from September 2020 to July 2021, is now before the courts.
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