A dealer-turned-informant was motivated to help police bring down a high level Hells Angel out of anger after his nest egg of drug money, squirreled away to help him get out of trafficking, was stolen in an unrelated incident, court heard.

On Monday, a man going by the pseudonym Agent 66 testified in the trial of Damion Ryan in Winnipeg — a man RCMP have called one of the "most prolific organized crime members in our country."

Agent 66, who initially agreed to co-operate with RCMP for over $380,000, upped his amount after learning about Ryan's reputation, court heard. RCMP eventually agreed to pay him a total of $900,000.

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"The key players had changed and I felt I was more at risk with moving forward, so I had asked for a bigger

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