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Four Ottawa men are among 15 motorcycle gang members and associates charged with nearly 200 criminal offences, including drug, weapons and human trafficking charges.

The charges, announced at a Niagara-area press conference Wednesday, followed a 14-month investigation, Project Skylark, conducted between Ontario Provincial Police and police services in Niagara, Hamilton, Sudbury and Ottawa, culminating in search warrants executed Aug. 1 in Ottawa, Sudbury, the Niagara region and Blind River.

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In those raids, police seized 12.5 kg of cocaine, 12.2 kg of cannabis, 640 g of shatter (a cannabis extract), 1,400 packages of cannabis edibles, hundreds of fentanyl patches, 2,000 methamphetamine tablets, $30,000 in jewelry, 11 firearms, 700 rounds of ammunition, $75,000 in cash, one residence and several vehicles, including three motorcycles, a Maserati and a Mercedes Benz.

The raids involved eight police tactical teams and almost 200 officers.