'Project Machine' investigation. 46 people arrested in crackdown against racketeering linked to Hells Angels
Jump to full article: Montreal Gazette (ca), 2009-06-04
Author: PAUL CHERRY, The Gazette
Intro: It stood like a fortress in Kahnawake for the past four years and left many people on the Mohawk reserve wondering what was going on inside.
Montreal police shed some light yesterday on the mysterious warehouse that is alleged to have served as the transit point for Salvatore Cazzetta's activities both as a Hells Angel and as a legitimate businessman.
The facility was targeted as a small part of Project Machine - a major investigation into drug trafficking in downtown Montreal that began in 2007 - but the building also proved to be the focal point.
Montreal police arrested 46 people yesterday in an operation that involved more than 600 officers from the Montreal force, the Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP and Kahnawake Mohawk Peacekeepers.
According to Montreal police, contraband tobacco and such drugs as crack cocaine flowed out past the three-metre-high fence surrounding the warehouse while money flowed in.
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