Police seized drugs, weapons and explosives during the demolition of motorcycle teams on Friday. Detective by superintendent Pälvi Suokas The operation of the Häme Police Department was aimed at a gang of hellish angels.
In Lahti, about 100 kilometers north of Helsinki, the authorities are looking for premises to be rented by a new motorcycle club called Red Roots. A preliminary study found that the angel of hell is using the facility now.
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Other sites were sought, including the Hells Angels clubhouse in the eastern part of Lappeenranta.
Police said they arrested an unspecified number of people on Friday. Three of them were potential Hells Angels members who had been granted hanging space this month, the first step toward full membership.
The Häme Police Department led the operation in extensive co-operation with the police departments of South-East Finland, Helsinki, Eastern Uusimaa and Western Uusimaa, as well as the Investigation Agency and the Criminal Sanctions Agency.
Police declined to provide additional information, citing an ongoing preliminary investigation.
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In September, the Finnish news agency STT announced that a new gang called Red Roots had been formed in Lahti. Police first spotted motorcyclists wearing Red Roots vests and badges last spring.
According to police, the Red Roots disbanded in August and split into two groups. Since then, both groups have been involved in the angels of Hell, officials say.
The Red Roots were formed to replace the United Brotherhood (UB) gang’s Lahti chapter. At the same time, an association group called Redrum was set up, which was responsible for UB’s subsidiary Bad Union, according to police.
This week, the District Court of Eastern Uusimaa temporarily extended the ban on UB’s activities, which was originally imposed in January. Proceedings aimed at the permanent closure of UB are scheduled to begin in late November.
UB was founded in 2010 by merging three criminal organizations known as Rogues Gallery, Natural Born Killers and MORE.
Source: The Nordic Page