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6 More Alleged Members Of Motorcycle Gang Arrested
19 Arrested On Drug, Illegal Firearms Charges
POSTED: 5:54 am MST January 25, 2012
UPDATED: 6:20 am MST January 25, 2012
DENVER -- Authorities say all 19 alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang are in custody on suspicion of various drug and illegal firearms charges. U.S. Attorney John Walsh this week announced that 19 members of the Hell's Lovers motorcycle club were indicted. Authorities had one person in custody, while 12 were arrested late Friday and Saturday. Six more were arrested this week by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Prosecutors said from Jan. 1, 2005 through September 2011, 16 of the defendants met at the Hell’s Lovers "club house" at various times and various locations, where they used and distributed quantities of cocaine and marijuana.Sixteen people are facing drugs and weapons charges. Three others are facing weapons charges.Prosecutors said during the arrests and searches, agents and officers recovered two flash bang explosive devices stolen from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, one ballistic vest stolen from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, one ballistic vest stolen from the DEA, one sawed-off shotgun, one pistol and two rifles, among other things.
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