Pubdate: Wed, 15 Sep 2004
Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/TorontoSun/home.html
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457
Author: Jack Boland
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BIKERS' BOOKS DETAIL $111M BIZ

Drug Sales Logged in Accounts Seized by Cops

THE HELLS Angels kept financial records worthy of a banker. The
accounts seized by Quebec police showed that, between March 30, 1999
and Dec. 19, 2000, the gang sold $111,503,361 worth of cocaine and
hashish through an intricate drug network.

The meticulous files came up in the trial of two of Canada's top Hells
Angels who this week were sentenced to 20 years on charges including
conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism.

During Monday's sentencing, Quebec Superior Court Justice Jerry Zigman
said Hamilton natives Walter "Nurget" Stadnick, 51, and Donald "Pup"
Stockford, 42,"were major players" in the gang's drug deals.

The two are members of the gang's Nomads chapter, described as "the
decision-makers within the Hells Angels organization."

The two bikers are "violent people who are a danger to society,"
Zigman said, adding they "expressed no remorse for their the acts."

The financial records were seized by police during Operation
Springtime 2001 that targeted the Hells and their associates.

Stadnick and Stockford used an account code-named "Gertrude" to buy
267 kilos of cocaine and 173 kilos of hashish from Jan. 5 to Dec. 15,
2000 worth $11.1 million from part of a drug consortium called "The
Table."

"We were able to prove in court they bought drugs. And as Justice
(Zigman) said the Gertrude account was one of the Hells top three
accounts," said biker expert and ex-Surete du Quebec sergeant Guy Ouellette.

"We first found out about the drug network after following a prospect
Nomads member to one of three apartments in Montreal where money was
arriving, written down in accounts and put in safes," Ouellette said.

"It was the Hells Angels account sheet that was seized during a raid.
We also found $5 million in cash in the safe."

"It was part of a perfect plan. If Wally hadn't been arrested, he
would have been the founder of the new Hamilton (Hells) chapter," said
Ouellette, who added there were three new chapters destined for
Guelph, Hamilton and Pickering. "It's just a matter of time before
they open these chapters."

Under new federal anti-gang legislation, Stadnick and Stockford also
were found to be members of a criminal organization.

Stadnick was earlier acquitted of 13 first-degree murder charges and
three counts of attempted murder.

Lawyers for the pair said appeals of the convictions and sentences
were likely.

With time already served, Stadnick has about 13 years left in his
sentence, while Stockford has about 13 1/2 years left. 
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