The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) Drug & Gang Enforcement Section (EDGE) has concluded an extensive investigation stretching across the Edmonton area and into B.C.
In October 2024, the EPS EDGE Section launched an investigation into the One Order Motorcycle Club (MC) establishing roots in Edmonton.
With chapters already active in Eastern Canada, this chapter was identified as a one-percent outlaw group with ties to violence and is closely aligned with the Hells Angels EPS said.
Supported by the RCMP, EDGE led an 11-month investigation that uncovered criminal activity including firearms trafficking, conspiracy to traffic firearms, commit extortion, robbery, assaults, and organized crime involvement by the One Order MC and its members EPS said in a press release.
The project concluded on Sept. 23 with EDGE leading more than 200 officers from EPS, RCMP, ALERT, and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) B.C executing search warrants across 40 locations in Alberta and B.C.
Image of vest seized. Courtesy: EPS
Seizures included 19 firearms, numerous prohibited weapons and replica firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, a pair of bullet-proof vests, 50,000 contraband cigarettes, $118,000 in cash, and a steroid manufacturing and pill pressing operation with more than 82,000 pills in Sherwood Park.
There were also coordinated arrests on the members of One Order MC and associates, including a full-patched Hells Angels member and an identified firearm supplier.
EPS said the investigation provided substantial evidence of One Order MC’s status as a criminal organization under Canadian law, successfully dismantling the group in Edmonton, and disrupting a firearms trafficking operation.
“Although there is more work to be done on this file, with more charges to be laid and investigative leads to examine, this is a major accomplishment in disrupting organized crime,” said Staff Sergeant Marco Antonio, EPS Organized Crime Branch.
“This investigation is a shining example of the tenacity of the EDGE Section, and what can be accomplished when multiple agencies work together.”
18 individuals total were arrested on Sept. 23 and one additional person turned themselves in the following day for a total of 19 individuals arrested.
Of the 19 people arrested, seven have been formally charged.
From the remaining 12 people, 10 people are currently facing charges EPS said.
EPS added additional charges are expected.
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