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Conviction in Crack Shack Slaying; UN Wester Brother Pleads Guilty to...
B.C. courts have been busy with gang and drug-related cases. On Thursday, Abbotsford’s Russell Wester, who police have linked to the United Nations gang, pleaded guilty to possession for the purpose of...
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Counterfeiter Sentenced to 28 Months in Custody
Counterfeiter Larry Crocker pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court to making fake U.S. cash, possessing an illegal firearm and drug trafficking. But the plea only came once a ruling excluding much of the...
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21-year old accused trafficker shot dead in East Vancouver
A 21-year-old Vancouver man out on bail on drug trafficking and unlawful confinement charges was shot to death at his parents’ eastside home Halloween night. Alexander Julian Liang was gunned down in a...
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Greeks boss gets life for one murder, 15 years minus time served for...
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bill Smart decried public gang violence Thursday as he sentenced Greeks boss Peter Manolakos to life in prison with no hope of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder. At...
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Drug trafficking arrests in Abby, Delta and in Greater Victoria
Three Vancouver Island men who police say used violence in the local drug trade have been arrested by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Police seized guns and drugs during searches...
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Full patch Angel pleads guilty to trafficking cocaine
A full-patch member of the White Rock Hells Angels pleaded guilty in Surrey Provincial Court Tuesday to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Brent Douglas Milne, 51, will remain on...
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North Van trucker gets 12 years for U.S. conspiracy linked to HA
A North Vancouver trucker convicted of smuggling pot for a criminal group linked to the Hells Angels was sentenced in Seattle Tuesday to 12 years in prison. James Postlethwaite, 60, was convicted in...
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Gang associate gets four and a half years for loaded guns, drugs
A man identified in court documents as an associate of the late Jonathan Bacon and a Hells Angel has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for trafficking and firearms convictions. Brendan...
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Independent Soldier wins transfer to minimum security prison
A one-time leader of the Independent Soldiers gang has won his transfer back to a lower security jail after claiming in B.C. Supreme Court that his Charter rights were violated. Jayme Russell, who is...
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B.C. man pleads guilty to conspiracy in helicopter smuggling ring
A B.C. man has pleaded guilty in Seattle to his role in a helicopter smuggling ring, as three co-accused remain on this side of the border fighting their extradition. Adam Christian Serrano, 39, is now...
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Surrey’s `Most Wanted’ gets 15 years for firearms, trafficking convictions
He was once billed as Surrey’s “Most Wanted” criminal. Now Malakais Gerard Swales has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after being convicted of 26 firearms and drug trafficking offences. Swales was...
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Hells Angel associate denied bail in cocaine conspiracy case
A Hells Angels associate charged in a massive cocaine smuggling case has been denied bail in B.C. Supreme Court. Justice Gregory Bowden read his decision Monday morning, denying Kevin Van Kalkeren his...
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Burnaby man wanted for money laundering for cross-border drug gang
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Burnaby man facing money laundering charges after a cross-border investigation into a Vietnamese organized crime group trafficking cocaine and ecstasy across...
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Gang associate has parole revoked
Convicted drug smuggler Kyle Gianis has had his parole revoked after breaching a condition of hsi release earlier this year. Parole Board of Canada member Linda Cross said re-releasing Gianis into the...
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Landlord inspected 1505 six days before Surrey Six murders – UPDATE
The owner of suite 1505 in Surrey’s Balmoral Tower testified Thursday that he kicked out a suspected drug dealer but then let the tenant’s friend and her boyfriend move in. Ceasar Tiojanco told Justice...
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Graphic photos of victims upset families at Surrey Six trial
Family members of the Surrey Six victims wept in the courtroom Friday as graphic photos were shown of the six dead men on the floor of suite 1505 a day after they were shot. Eileen Mohan, who lost her...
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Civil forfeiture office goes after penthouse owned by woman with suspected...
Louise Ching Man Kwok doesn’t have a criminal record, isn’t facing any criminal charges, and isn’t accused of any specific crime, but she still stands to lose her Richmond penthouse apartment if the...
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Ex-Mountie turned coke smuggler to be sentenced in Seattle Friday
His criminal nickname was Pony Tail and he went from being an undercover drug cop to an international cocaine smuggler. The transformation of former B.C. Mountie Rapinder “Rob” Sidhu from law...
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B.C. gangsters worked with cartel to set up Manila drug operation: police
Police in the Philippines believe Vancouver gangster James Riach was working directly with a Mexican cartel when he set up a major drug operation in Manila last year. Rommell Vallejo, chief of the...
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Kamloops man gets 11.5 years in California jail
A B.C. man who operated an international cocaine smuggling ring from Mexico has been sentenced to more than 11 years in a California jail. John Darrel Krokos, of Kamloops, was handed the prison term...
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