OSLO, Norway, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Oslo branch of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang has invited locals into its club house for wine and treats in an effort to ditch the gang's criminal image.
The Hells Angels have been in trouble with the law recently in Norway, The Local.no reported.
In 2010, police found three handguns and an assault rifle when officers raided the Oslo clubhouse. In another raid in 2011, police officers discovered 11 more illegal weapons.
The Hells Angels was also involved in Great Nordic Biker War between the Hells Angels and the rival Bandidos gang that took place across Scandinavia and Finland in the mid-1990s.
"There has been a lot of publicity around the motorcycle community, and we have received a lot of criticism for being closed. So now anyone curious can come and see what we do here," the group's Norway spokesman Rune Olsgaard told Aftenposten. "You will have the opportunity to look around, and since it's Christmas, we will probably serve mulled wine and ginger biscuits, too."
