Police in B.C. are concerned the outlaw motorcycle club is extending its criminal reach in the province
Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the anti-gang Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, says there are now about 30 of the support or “puppet” clubs in B.C., compared to 10 chapters of the Hells Angels.
Houghton said six of the approximately 30 support clubs “are self-identified one percenters, so they wear the little one per cent diamond on their leather vest.” That means they identify as “outlaw” motorcycle clubs, he said, of the expression that dates back to the formation of the Hells Angels in 1948.Article content
“Often in the support clubs, these are people who some consider quote unquote regular people with regular jobs,” he said. “They work in various industries. They work in government. They may have access to information.” Last week, Houghton said that the Throttle Lockers puppet club, which had tried to expand in Kamloops, was basically defunct after a major CFSEU drug investigation that resulted in charges against two of its former members and an associate.
Silverback Guerrillas RC patch, left, and Sinister RC patch, right. Patches for so-called support motorcycle clubs who police say are forming across B.C., expanding the reach of the Hells Angels.Brad Stephen, a retired Vancouver Police biker specialist, said puppet clubs were not common in B.C. until the past decade, “due to the fact that they’re kind of a conduit into the Hells Angels and there’s some vulnerabilities there.
There is a hierarchy within the puppet clubs, which must get permission from the Hells Angels to start with a one-piece patch on their vests and then later a two-piece and eventually a three-piece patch, like the one the “full-patch” HA members wear, Stephen said.Article content
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