After establishing his base of operations at the Hotel Delphoria, Bains began to systematically take control of the local illegal narcotics trade in Lytton. One of his methods for doing this was to murder independent drug dealers, such as Lonny West, and then have his own agents, including Donald Colby, take over their operations. Jason Taselli, a notorious local criminal, worked for Bains as a hitman and a go-between man for the low-level dealers in his employ, delivering drugs such as cocaine and marijuana to and from undisclosed locations.