Margison still unfit to stand trial, B.C. Review Board says
A long-time gangster severely brain-damaged during an attack at North Fraser pre-trial jail last year remains unfit to stand trial in a kidnapping case, the B.C. Review Board has ruled. Jesse John...
View ArticleDouble shooting in Surrey Friday afternoon
Surrey RCMP is investigating a brazen shooting in a residential neighbourhood that left two young men wounded Friday afternoon. Sgt. Drew Grainger said witnesses reported a shoot-out between two...
View ArticleShooting victim linked to slain gangster Sandip Duhre
A young man critically wounded in Surrey shooting Friday afternoon is the step-son of murdered gangster Sandip Duhre, The Vancouver Sun has learned. The 21-year-old and his 19-year-old friend were...
View ArticleHappy B.C. Day Real Scoop Readers
Now that we have our summer weather back, I am heading out of town for a couple of days and closing comments while I am away, as I won’t have internet access to moderate them. So enjoy the sun and The...
View ArticleEx-GTS member gets three year sentence for loaded guns
Three years ago, Jacobi Farrell was bragging to the Gang Task Force about being a gangster in Prince George and warning cops to steer clear of him On Tuesday, the former member of the Game Tight...
View ArticleGangster Donnie Lyons has parole revoked after new charges
A high-ranking member of the Independent Soldiers gang recently had his parole revoked after he allegedly assaulted and threatened his common-law spouse. Donald Bryce Lyons, now 40, is due to appear in...
View ArticleNanaimo man convicted on gun charge after deadly shooting
A Nanaimo man originally charged with murder in a deadly 2010 shooting has been convicted of possessing a restricted firearm instead. Simon Philip Dockerill, 34, claimed he was only defending himself...
View ArticleSome gang-linked inmates can’t get into halfway house
Some gang-linked inmates in B.C. prisons have been unable to find placements at halfway houses — even when granted day parole, The Vancouver Sun has learned. On Thursday, the Parole Board of Canada...
View ArticleCranbrook murder conspirators sentenced in Kamloops
Three Cranbrook men convicted in a complex murder plot were sentenced in Kamloops Friday to terms ranging from five and a half to 12 years. Lonnie Adams, Colin Correia, and Lorne Carry were all...
View ArticleIt’s that time of year again….
I make my annual summer pilgrimage with family to beautiful Hornby Island. So the blog is now closed to comments for two weeks as there is no one to review them. If you do post something, it will be...
View ArticleCop following Surrey Six suspects misplaced notebook – UPDATE
A lawyer for one of the accused in the Surrey Six murders says he is trying to get more information about the nature of police documents found at the former house of a Mountie who did surveillance in...
View ArticleGang 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...
View ArticleCity councilor charged with obstruction of justice
The longest-serving city councilor in Williams Lake says he is still in shock after his arrest Thursday for obstruction of justice related to his work as a translator for the RCMP last year....
View ArticleOsoyoos man charged with smuggling handguns into B.C.
An Osoyoos man has been charged after allegedly selling dozens of smuggled firearms to gangsters in the Okanagan and Metro Vancouver. Tyler Ryan Cuff, 30, is believed to have used his dual...
View ArticleTwo weekend shooting victims, no cooperation with police
Two men were injured in weekend shootings, but neither is cooperating with police. Just before 11 pm Friday, Surrey RCMP was called to a park at 90th Ave. and 128th St. after a report of shots fired....
View ArticleJarrod Bacon’s sentence increased to 14 years
The B.C. Court of Appeal has added two years to the cocaine conspiracy sentence of notorious gangster Jarrod Bacon. Justice Edward Chiasson said Bacon, who agreed to buy 100 kilos of cocaine from an...
View ArticleMike Adiwal admits to 2011 Chilliwack assault
A notorious gangster and his associate pleaded guilty in Chilliwack Supreme Court Friday in connection with a May 2011 attack on a Lower Mainland man. Manjit (Mike) Adiwal, 34, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleCanadian Hells Angels caught with cocaine in Spain
Four Canadian Hells Angels are in custody in Spain after allegedly attempting to smuggle 500 kilos of Colombia cocaine into the country on a sailboat. Details of a multi-national drug investigation...
View ArticleCanadians arrested in Spain linked to B.C. Hells Angels
The four Canadian Hells Angels accused of attempting to distribute 500 kilos of cocaine in Spain are linked to the Haney and Mission chapters of the biker gang, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Two...
View ArticleIHIT says murder victim a 30-year-old Surrey man
Ezar Ahmad Khan had run-ins with police across Metro Vancouver for more than a decade. On Wednesday, the 30-year-old Surrey man who sources say was a “low-level trafficker,” was found dead in Joe Brown...
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