Trucker get 8.5 years for cocaine smuggling
A Metro Vancouver trucker caught with 30 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside his tractor-trailer as he crossed into Canada has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail. Navdeep Singh Dhillon was...
View ArticleMore video of hoodied men played at Surrey Six Monday
Video clips from the Stanley apartment building played at the Surrey Six trial Monday showed three men in hoodies on the parkade level minutes before a black BMW exited the lot on Oct. 19, 2007. Two of...
View ArticleRoueche applies for prisoner transfer to Canada
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has applied to serve the rest of his 30-year U.S. prison term for drug smuggling and money laundering in a Canadian jail, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Roueche...
View ArticleSurrey Six judge releases reasons rejecting Bacon’s ban application
A B.C. Supreme Court judge said she dismissed an application for a publication ban from accused killer Jamie Bacon because if imposed, it would have hampered the media’s ability to cover the Surrey Six...
View ArticlePolice searched for burned evidence at King George property
The former girlfriend of accused Surrey Six killer Cody Haevischer told police about a property on King George Highway that she said was used to burn evidence after the Oct. 19, 2007 murders. Const....
View ArticleIIO investigating shooting by CFSEU officer in Surrey
The uniformed gang unit of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit was checking the occupants of a silver Toyota near 148th and 108th when an officer fired a shot. A male in the vehicle was struck...
View ArticleSurrey Six live tweets for Nov. 12, 2013
The Surrey Six trial is now in its seventh week and will not be sitting next week. I am live tweeting today and will keep you up to date throughout the week: Follow my live tweets today:Filed under:...
View ArticleVPD seizes 54 kilos of cocaine in Quebec Street condo
Vancouver Police arrested a man and seized 54 kilos of cocaine Saturday in an apartment in the 1100-block of Quebec Street across from Science World. The man, 40, was picked up Friday about 3:30 p.m....
View ArticlePolice following Bacon in days before Surrey Six murder, trial hears
The Integrated Gang Task Force was following accused killer Jamie Bacon in the days before and after the Surrey Six murders on Oct. 19, 2007. Abbotsford Police Det. Corrie Haines, a member of the IGTF...
View ArticleRecord Surrey murder rate linked to gangs, drug trade
Surrey’s record 2013 murder rate comes in part from gangsters and organized crime groups setting up shop in the booming city, RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy said Wednesday. Fordy said the majority of the...
View ArticleBacon was under police surveillance on day of Surrey Six murders
Nine officers from the Integrated Gang Task Force were following accused killer Jamie Bacon on the day of the Surrey Six murders “to gather intelligence” about the notorious gangster. The cops started...
View ArticleSurrey Six live tweets for Nov. 15, 2013
Here are my live tweets for the Surrey Six trial today – the last day of evidence before a week-long break:Filed under: The Real Scoop Tagged: Breaking News, Kim Bolan, Real Scoop, Surrey Six....
View ArticleSurveillance team lost Bacon hours before Surrey Six murders
Gang cops watching accused killer Jamie Bacon lost his vehicle just hours before the Surrey Six murders on Oct. 19, 2007. Two officers who were with the Integrated Gang Task Force at the time testified...
View ArticleSlain journalist Tara Hayer remembered Sunday
KIM BOLAN VANCOUVER SUN Assassinated journalist Tara Singh Hayer was remembered Sunday as a man who stood up to violent extremists and paid the ultimate price. Hundreds gathered at Surrey’s Brookside...
View ArticleIHIT investigating another Surrey murder as mayor forms task force
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts formed a task force with the RCMP and a criminologist Monday in response to the city’s record 22nd murder. Watts said she wanted the task force to figure out why Surrey’s...
View ArticleMan with HA links charged in brutal cabbie assault
A Vancouver man with links to the East End Hells Angels has been charged with aggravated assault after the brutal beating of a taxi driver last weekend. Lloyd Peter Robinson, 29, appeared in Vancouver...
View ArticleAnother murder in Surrey Saturday for a record 23 in 2013
The murder rate in Surrey continues to climb, with the slaying early Saturday of a man at a booze can in the 9100 block of 147A Street. The house is notorious for after hours drinking and the...
View ArticleSurrey Six live tweets for Nov. 25, 2013
The trial is resuming after a week-long break. There was supposed to be a key Crown witness testifying, but we are learning there will be some kind of major development. Court is expected to get...
View ArticleSudden adjournment and new publication ban at Surrey Six Monday
The Surrey Six murder trial broke suddenly Monday after a major development was announced that is covered by a new publication ban. The trial of Cody Haevischer, Matthew Johnston and Michael Le was set...
View ArticleWoman charged in murder of respected Kwantlen Elder
A 41-year-old woman has been arrested in Quebec City and charged in the March 2011 murder of a respected elder of the Kwantlen First Nation. Michele Marie Serdar was picked up Nov. 24 on one count of...
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