More Meth Dealing Bikers

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Two Belle Chasse men affiliated with the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang were arrested last week on kidnapping, second-degree battery, false imprisonment, methamphetamine manufacturing and weapons charges, Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco announced Thursday.

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Earlier that day, Blanchard's nephew, whose name was being withheld by authorities fearing reprisals by other affiliated Bandidos gang members, was helping a man, David Bruce, 38, a few blocks down Walker Road - a remote area of Belle Chasse - with some automotive work.

Bruce confronted the teenager about being high on the synthetic marijuana Mojo and when Bruce called Blanchard about it, Blanchard said he'd come over and resolve the matter, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The nephew then called the Sheriff's Office in fear for his safety. As the 18-year-old waited for deputies, Blanchard and Michael Hahn arrived, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Blanchard punched his nephew three times in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, and Hahn kicked him in the stomach, according to the Sheriff's Office.

They then forced him into a barn, where he was tied to a chair and eventually strangled by Bruce until he lost consciousness, according to what the nephew later told authorities.

When detectives went to interview Blanchard on Friday, Sept. 19, they found possible evidence of a methamphetamine laboratory.

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