Hydra Gang/Crimes

Meth Operations
Hydra specializes in manufacturing and trafficking meth, as many members partake in actively cooking meth for the gang on a daily basis. Due to their high production and storage capacity, Hydra partakes in large meth runs regularly and developed a proper system of making profit from their collective meth cooks.

Susie Carmichael is one of the biggest meth producers and traffickers in the city, being very knowledgeable on the subject along with being a good inventory manager. Phantom became Hydra's secondary cook after Clarke Bishop was removed from the gang. After Phantom also left the gang, his adopted daughter Lilly Pandia became one of Hydra's main meth cooks after Susie and Flippy, with Lilly reaching 100% purity in June 2023. Other members that cook meth for the gang almost daily include Ash Ketchup, Emeka Rose, Kio Shima, and Nikolai Filatov. Non-Hydra members that have volunteered to cook in their labs in the past have included Lilith Fulker, Vinny Pistone, and Daph Lilith. As of October 2023, Hydra has four 100% purity meth cooks: Susie, Lilly, Flippy, and Ash. Emeka is next up to become 100%.

Much of the meth Hydra produces is used by the gang itself, but it also supplies it to other gangs, including Chang Gang (CG) and Seaside. Ramee El-Rahman and Hutch Hutcherson are big customers of Hydra's meth within CG. The Brouge Street Kingz (BSK) are former customers, as Denzel Wallace used to buy from Hydra when BSK were not cooking their own. In June 2023 Kio Shima and Nikolai Filatov began a dedicated meth distribution operation akin to Chaos, aiming to supply meth to Marabunta Grande, The Families, the Ballas, the Hidden, Redline, and Yokai.

Vendetta and the Underground
Many Hydra members and their friends are competitive street racers and car connoisseurs.

Hydra established and currently manages the Vendetta underground street racing crew, which participates in car boosting, tournaments, and missions for the Puppet Master. Vendetta used to have a racing garage nicknamed the V.A.G. and has an initiation track that allows a racer to complete the circuit three times, and if any of these attempts succeed a time less than 24:00:00, the racer is welcomed into Vendetta.

Vendetta contains some of the most skilled and renowned drivers in Los Santos, including Flippy (Bwo), Jordan Walker (Shadow), and Vincent Carl (Arnie). Vendetta has won tournaments against rival crews Yokai, Redline, and Prism.

Although it is managed and maintained by Hydra, not every Hydra member is in Vendetta, and not every Vendetta member is in Hydra. Although this distinction is nearly non-existent in the eyes of the police, who have noted Vendetta liveries and members during Hydra shootouts and heists, resulting in the line being blurred to many officers.