Alleged Hells Angels biker swept up in gambling bust shot dead
An alleged Hells Angels biker who was swept up in a massive bust targeting illegal sports betting was shot dead outside a Burlington restaurant.
Dale Carruthers London Free Press in Ontario Canada Published May 02, 2025 •
Alleged Hells Angels biker swept up in gambling bust shot dead
An alleged Hells Angels biker who was swept up in a massive bust targeting illegal sports betting was shot dead outside a Burlington restaurant.
Emergency crews responded to a reported shooting Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. to the Mandarin restaurant at 1881 Fairview St. in Burlington, where paramedics took a man to hospital and he was pronounced dead, Halton regional police said.
Police identified the deceased as Craig McIlquham, 55, of Oakville, and investigators believe the shooting was a targeted incident.
No arrests have been made, but investigators have released a photograph of vehicle of interest – a grey, newer model Honda Civic with dark-tinted windows and black alloy rims – and are asking anyone with video from area between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. to contact Halton police.
McIlquham, known as Truck, was one of two alleged full-patch members of the Hells Angels swept up in 2019 as part of Operation Hobart, a two-year probe of an alleged illegal gambling ring police contend was run by Hells Angels bikers and a Toronto crime family.
Investigators alleged McIlquham and Robert Barletta, the founder of the London Hells Angels chapter, were the ringleaders of the sophisticated operation that controlled at least 14 sports-betting websites and took in more than $160 million in revenue over six years.
Both McIlquham and Barletta were charged with bookmaking offences, firearms offences and commission of an offence for a criminal organization. Barletta was additionally charged with tax evasion.
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