Author of the article: Date of publication: March 29, 2022 • 12 minutes ago • 1 minute reading • Join the discussion BC Hells Angel Damion Ryan has been arrested and charged in a Manitoba RCMP drug investigation called Project Divergent. Photo by Submitted Photo / Manitoba RCMP
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WINNIPEG – The RCMP in Manitoba says a member of the Hells Angels is among 22 people arrested following a four-year investigation into a Canada-wide drug and firearms trafficking operation.
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The Mounties say Project Divergent was launched in 2018 after officers observed trends in international drug imports. The RCMP and other police services are said to have seen large-scale trafficking in cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and firearms, and also discovered a connection to the Hells Angels. March 29, 2022 – Items confiscated during the Manitoba RCMP drug investigation, called Project Divergent. The map shows the international reach of a large-scale drug operation. Photo by Manitoba RCMP / PNG The RCMP reports that Damion Ryan, 41, was arrested in Ottawa last month and faces charges related to firearms and drug trafficking. Ryan is considered to be the leader of the Wolf Pack gang in the Lower Continent. They claim that he is a full member of the Hells Angels for the capital of the motorcycle gang in Attica in Greece. Hells Angel Damion Ryan blurred his face when he posted this photo with unknown friends of Hells Angels in Europe on his instagram account. From 2017. PNG The Mounties said they were looking for two more suspects – 30-year-old Kieffer Michael Kramar from Winnipeg and 24-year-old Denis Ivziku from the Lower Mainland. Two Burnaby men – 27-year-old Kelvin Lee Nelson and 24-year-old Mazin Zhar Zadi – have also been charged in the drug investigation.
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Police say Kramar could be anywhere in Canada, while Ivziku is believed to still be in the Lower Mainland. “This operation started right here in Manitoba and reached from Vancouver to Toronto, Colombia, Greece and the United States,” Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy, Manitoba RCMP Commander, said in a statement Tuesday. “The scope and success of Project Divergent was possible due to the persistence of our researchers and the incredible and uninterrupted support of our collaborators. “We could not do that without them.” Project Divergent, launched in 2018, has reached Manitoba, Toronto, Vancouver, the USA, Colombia and Greece. Photo by Submitted Photo / Manitoba RCMP More news, fewer ads, faster upload time: Get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, the National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites for just $ 14 / month or $ 140 / year. Register now through The Vancouver Sun or The Province.
