Outlaw Biker Gangs Growing in Halifax Area, More Officers Needed: RCMP

RCMP officers stop an Alberta member of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang at a roadblock in Langley, B.C., in this file photo. Efforts by outlaw motorcycle gangs to expand in the Halifax area have prompted an RCMP request for more front-line officers. The Canadian Press/ Darryl Dyck

HALIFAX—Efforts by outlaw motorcycle gangs to expand in the Halifax area have prompted an RCMP request for more front-line officers.

RCMP Insp. Robert Doyle said it’s clear the gangs “want to get a foothold here” after the Hells Angels lost their Maritimes beachhead when police smashed their Halifax chapter in 2001.