Three men have now been charged by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada with several drug-related offences following a joint investigation between the Kamloops RCMP’s Targeted Enforcement Unit (TEU) and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU- BC). The investigation that began in 2017 resulted in the seizure of over four kilograms of drugs, a handgun, over $330,000 in cash and arrests that helped prevent the expansion of an Outlaw Motorcycle "support" Club for the Kelowna Chapter of the Hells Angels in the Kamloops area.

In early 2017, Kamloops RCMP’s TEU began a drug investigation and information received quickly led their investigators to believe that members of the Throttle Lockers Motorcycle Club, a "support club" for the Kelowna Chapter of the Hells Angels, were suspects in an alleged large-scale drug trafficking operation as they began to expand into the Kamloops area.

In July 2018, CFSEU-BC’s Southeast District team assumed the lead of the investigation, targeting several known prospects of the Throttle Lockers who were allegedly trafficking drugs in the Kamloops area.

In November 2019, the CFSEU-BC and Kamloops RCMP conducted three search warrants in the Kamloops area. Kamloops RCMP issued an initial media release that can be read here: Read the original release here. In these search warrants, two men were arrested and the following items were seized:

– Over $330,000.00 in Canadian currency

– 174 grams of fentanyl,

– 704 grams of cocaine,

– 1.7 kilograms of methamphetamine,

– One 40 caliber handgun with ammunition

– One AirSoft replica handgun

– Throttle Lockers Motorcycle Club vest

– Hells Angels support gear

– Various items and paraphernalia related to drug trafficking including;

• Brass knuckles

• Digital scales and alleged drug score sheets

• Cash counting machines

The investigation continued over the next several months into 2020 and resulted in the arrest of a third male.

On June 28th, 2022, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) approved the following charges; Shawn CARLISLE, a 49-year-old male from Falkland

• 3 Counts of Trafficking in Cocaine – Sec 5(1) CDSA

• 1 Count of Selling Cannabis Contrary to Sec 10(1)(a) of the Cannabis Act Zale COTY, a 53-year-old male from Kamloops

• 2 Counts of Trafficking in Cocaine – Sec 5(1) CDSA

• 1 Count of Trafficking in Fentanyl – Sec 5(1) CDSA

• 1 Count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (Fentanyl) – Sec 5(2) CDSA

• 1 Count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (Cocaine) – Sec 5(2) CDSA

• 1 Count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (Methamphetamine) – Sec 5(2) CDSA

• 1 Count Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence of Trafficking Fentanyl – Sec 465(1)(c) CCC Jacob CAVANAGH, a 29-year-old male from Kamloops

• 1 Count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (Fentanyl) – Sec 5(2) CDSA

• 1 Count Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence of Trafficking Fentanyl – Sec 465(1)(c) CCC

All three men remain out of custody and on conditions while they await the court process.

Click the link to see full media release:

https://www.cfseu.bc.ca/hells-angels-support-club-expansion-into-kamloops-targeted-by-cfseu-bc-and-kamloops-rcmp-investigation/