West Shore RCMP executed several search warrants Wednesday in relation to a drug-trafficking investigation, including one at the Savages Motorcycle Club headquarters on Spencer Road in Langford.
West Shore’s Drugs and Organized Crime Unit is leading the investigation with assistance from Victoria police and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C., which targets gangs.
With Spencer Middle School and Ruth King Elementary School in the area, the search at the clubhouse started before the school day to ensure student safety, said Cpl. Nancy Saggar.
“We appreciate the media and public interest in this and can state there is no threat to the public,” Saggar said, adding that police will provide more details regarding the investigation “in the upcoming days.”
The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit said in 2017 that it was monitoring the then newly formed Savages, which was believed to be a puppet club of the Nanaimo chapter of the Hells Angels.
