Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents in Ohio: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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== Drug trafficking ==

{{cn span |text=Arrests were made in Cleveland on May 2, 1985 in connection with Operation Roughrider, a three-year FBI investigation into the Hells Angels that culminated with the arrests of a total of 133 club members and associates on drug trafficking and racketeering charges during a series of coordinated raids carried out in eleven states.<ref name="Busting Hell's Angels"/> The raids, involving over a thousand law enforcement personnel, also led to the seizure of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, hashish, PCP and LSD valued at $2 million, as well as weapons including submachine guns and anti-tank weaponry.<ref name="133 Hells Angels seized in 14 cities"/> Undercover FBI agent Kevin P. Bonner infiltrated the HAMC for twenty-six months and made narcotics transactions with members of eleven chapters across the country as part of the investigation.<ref name|date="BustingSeptember Hell's Angels"/>2024}}

Patricia M. Long, an associate of the Akron Hells Angels, was arrested in 1989 after selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer. A subsequent search of her [[Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio|Springfield Township]] home resulted in the seizure of a pound of the drug, valued at approximately $35,000. Long was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to five-to-twenty-five years in prison.<ref name="Feuds, arrests doomed Hell’s Angels chapters"/>