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B.C. man arrested in Mexico to go to trial in L.A. on Jan. 15, 2013
Former Kamloops resident John Darrell Krokos will go to trial in Los Angeles Jan. 15 on allegations he was an international cocaine smuggler. Krokos, arrested in June in Mexico, is identified in U.S....
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Cocaine trafficker linked to Hayer case gets bail pending appeal
It was third time lucky Monday for convicted cocaine trafficker Jean Gaetan Gingras. In September, B.C. Court of Appeal Chief Justice Lance Finch denied him bail pending an appeal of his drug...
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Crown wants 8-10 years for Tyson Edwards’ killers
Three killers who stabbed to death a young man outside a Vancouver nightclub four years ago should spend between eight and 10 years in jail, B.C. Supreme Court heard Wednesday. Prosecutor Brendan...
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Greeks’ lawyer admits he aided criminal organization
For the first time in Canadian history, a lawyer has pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of a criminal organization. Vernon lawyer William Jacob Mastop entered the plea in B.C. Supreme...
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Slain gangster’s dad charged with threatening to harm kindergarten kids: UPDATE
An ex-Mountie and father of a slain gangster has been charged with “uttering a threat to cause death or bodily harm to children in kindergarten and elementary school,” a Crown spokesman confirmed...
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Suspect in Langley killing had a history of violence
A Langley man charged with murdering his friend on New Year’s Eve earlier told hospital workers he attempted suicide by driving into oncoming traffic in 2009, according to Crown submissions in an...
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Surrey judge rules gun sentence minimums unconstitutional
A Surrey provincial court judge has ruled that the federal government’s mandatory minimum sentence in illegal gun possession cases is unconstitutional. Judge James Bahen said Thursday that the three...
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Richmond RCMP says woman shot an innocent victim
Richmond RCMP is updating information about the woman shot in a local tattoo parlour Friday night. Sgt. Cam Kowalski told the Richmond News that the woman, who is recovering in hospital, was an...
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Wally Oppal nixed deal with wife-killer for manslaughter plea
We got some interesting insight Monday about the inner workings of plea deals between Crown prosecutors and suspects. The attorney general’s criminal just branch revealed that back in 2009, then...
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Gangsters with gun bans caught shooting at Poco range: Police
When people have court-ordered firearms bans, they are not supposed to go to the gun range. But police are alleging that two Lower Mainland gangsters did just that and now both are facing charges. Both...
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Another gun range gangster facing charges
Another man with gang ties has been charged with violating a firearms prohibition in connection with a Dec. 19 trip to a Port Coquitlam gun range. Donggu Kevin Woo was arrested in Richmond Tuesday and...
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Police investigating eight violent deaths across B.C. Sunday
Homicide investigators around B.C. were swamped Monday after eight people were found dead in five separate incidents over 24 hours. Surrey was the scene of two fatal shootings Sunday night that left...
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Dhak associate Manny Hairan dead; Jujhar Khun-Khun wounded
A gangster linked to the late Sukh Dhak was killed in a targeted north Surrey shooting early Tuesday, while his associate is clinging to life in a Lower Mainland hospital with gunshot wounds. Manjinder...
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Four shot at union party at Richmond banquet hall
What a crazy night in Richmond when a gunman who was apparently invited to a longshoremen’s celebration at the Riverside Banquet Hall opened fire on his fellow workers, wounding four of them. Police...
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Crown appeal in Jarrod Bacon case adjourned indefinitely
A federal Crown appeal of the 12-year cocaine conspiracy sentence handed to Jarrod Bacon was adjourned Friday when the gangster’s lawyer was unavailable. Court of Appeal Chief Justice Lance Finch...
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Gangster Michael Newman denies role in 2004 slaying; Crown points to...
Accused killer and United Nations gangster Michael Newman claimed in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday that he took two guns used to murder Marc Rozen in 2004 because he knew they could help him find “the...
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Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeal bid by Inderjit Singh Reyat
A long road of prosecutions and appeals may finally be over for Inderjit Singh Reyat – the only man ever convicted in the Air India bombing. The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected Reyat bid to appeal...
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Young man slain in East Van sword attack: UPDATE
Family and friends of 19-year-old Manraj Akalirai, who was killed in a sword attack Wednesday, are disputing police claims that he had links to the drug trade. The family issued a statement about their...
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Interim ban on Surrey Six evidence related to accused RCMP officers
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered an interim publication ban on evidence at the Surrey Six trial that relates to four Mounties facing criminal charges resulting from their conduct during the...
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Civil Forfeiture going after cash from former Hells Angel hangaround
The B.C. government wants to keep more than $187,000 seized by police in 2005 from a former hangaround with the East End Hells Angels. The director of civil forfeiture filed the claim against Jonathan...
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