A member of the Hells Angels criminal organization was arrested thanks in part to a drug-dealer-turned informant and undercover officers who slowly made incriminating connections to the man, beginning with an associate in a Manitoba jail.

That's what Crown prosecutors suggested on Wednesday morning, at the beginning of a Winnipeg trial for Damion Ryan.

Ryan was one of 20 people arrested in Manitoba in 2022 as part of an RCMP bust of an international drugs and weapons trafficking scheme. Police said at the time they seized $70 million worth of drugs.

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According to police, Ryan was the only full-patch Hell's Angel arrested in the multi-year "Project Divergent" investigation, which spanned multiple provinces.

He and some co-conspi

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