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Two arrested following big heroin bust at Vancouver International Airport
Two men have been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after police and border guards seized 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of heroin at Vancouver International Airport last month. The...
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Drug gang enforcer charged in June’s Brentwood Mall shooting
Last fall, convicted drug gang enforcer Trevor “Trey” Taylor was released on $5,000 bail in Kamloops after being charged with extortion, robbery and use of an imitation firearm. Last month, he...
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Clay Roueche loses another appeal bid
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has lost his latest bid to get another review of the 30-year sentence he was handed in Seattle for drug smuggling and money laundering. Two U.S. appeal court...
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Gang activity on the decline in B.C., according to new report
The new head of B.C.’s anti-gang agency says police have made “significant headway in the efforts to curtail gang activity.” Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Chief Officer Kevin Hackett says...
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Surrey’s “most wanted” loses appeal of 23 convictions for drugs, firearms
A man once identified as Surrey’s most wanted criminal has lost his appeal of two dozen gun and drug trafficking convictions that landed him in jail for 15 years. Malakias Swales, 44, had argued to the...
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30 kilos of cocaine and yacht seized on Vancouver Island, Mounties say
Police seized 30 kilograms of cocaine and a 20-metre yacht on the west coast of Vancouver Island earlier this month. RCMP Staff Sgt. Duncan Pound said that two Vancouver Island men connected to the...
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U.S. agents seize cocaine, methamphetamine believed destined for B.C.
U.S. agents say they have seized 15 kilograms of cocaine and nine of methamphetamine they believe was destined for B.C. drug traffickers. Homeland Security agents were tipped that the drugs were hidden...
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La Familia gang members arrested in Edmonton – UPDATED
Just two days after The Vancouver Sun finished a two-part series on Mexican cartels setting up shop in Vancouver and other parts of Canada, police in Alberta have announced the arrest of members of La...
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Gang associate facing firearms charges in Vernon
The half-brother of gangster Jesse Margison is facing firearms charges after an investigation in by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Daniel Martin Penton, 21, was arrested in Vernon just...
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Vancouver man serving 25 years in Australia denied transfer to Canada
A Vancouver man serving 25 years in an Australian prison for heroin smuggling has been denied a transfer to a Canadian jail to complete his sentence. The Federal Court of Appeal recently ruled that the...
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Former Coquitlam snowboarder still on the lam after new charges
Former Olympic snowboarder and Coquitlam resident Ryan Wedding is facing new drug charges out of Nova Scotia along with another former Metro Vancouver man. Police in Nova Scotia announced details of...
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Organized crime and the port: part one of my series
More than two dozen of the longshoremen unloading container ships on the docks of Metro Vancouver are Hells Angels, their associates, other gangsters or people with serious criminal records, a...
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Cocaine smuggler had inside man on Vancouver waterfront
How could the Port of Vancouver be misused by organized crime? It’s not that hard, according to encrypted messages intercepted by police that detailed an exchange between one Vancouver man and the...
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Longshoremen convicted of US drug charges keep jobs
Metro Vancouver longshoreman Jason Cavezza has had a rough few years. He was arrested in Cancún, Mexico on May 31, 2008 while on his honeymoon with his now ex-wife. His father died during his seven...
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More charges laid after investigation into Surrey-Delta shootings
A police crackdown in Surrey has led to more charges against young men believed to be involved in a recent conflict that has led to a series of shootings in the region. Surrey RCMP Sgt. Dale Carr said...
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Vancouver smuggler gets seven-year sentence in Washington
A 52-year-old Vancouver man who smuggled ecstasy and cocaine across the Canada-U.S. border for years was handed a seven-year sentence in a Seattle courtroom Tuesday. Philip Cote will also be on...
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Eight suspects charged with trafficking in Richmond
Richmond Mounties say they have disrupted a drug line that was selling cocaine and heroin throughout the city. Eight people are now charged in connection with the drug line, which sold some of its...
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Lack of cooperation from wounded gangsters still an obstacle for police
He’s been shot twice in the last few months in Surrey’s violent turf war, but 28-year-old Ravinder Samra is still refusing to cooperate with police. So Surrey RCMP took the unusual step Monday of...
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Two Metro Vancouver men sentenced to lengthy terms for cocaine smuggling
Two Metro Vancouver men have been handed hefty sentences in B.C. Supreme Court for their roles in an international cocaine smuggling operation. Christopher Lloyd Mehan, 43, and Jeremy Albert Stark, 41,...
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UN-linked accused in drug smuggling case still a fugitive
Three years after he was accused of smuggling hundreds of kilos of cocaine into B.C., a fugitive linked to the United Nations gang remains at large. Khamla Wong, also known as Khamla Siharaj, was...
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