REAL SCOOP: Arrests made in Surrey shootings
Surrey RCMP says five people have been arrested in two of three weekend shootings in the city. Cpl. Scotty Schumann said in a release that all five were taken into custody in connection with two...
View ArticleFive arrested, vehicles seized after South Surrey home shot at twice on weekend
Police in Surrey say five people have been arrested in two of three weekend shootings in the city. Cpl. Scotty Schumann said in a release that all five were taken into custody in connection with two...
View ArticleAcquitted B.C. ISIS supporter fights to stay in Canada
Days after being acquitted of terrorism charges, Othman Hamdan appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board on Tuesday to begin his fight to stay in Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency is...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Acquitted ISIS fan remains in immigration detention
Othman Hamdan was acquitted in B.C. Supreme Court Friday of four terrorism-related charges laid after RCMP investigated dozens of pro-ISIS comments he posted on 14 Facebook pages in 2014 and 2015. The...
View ArticleISIS supporter threatened to bomb RCMP HQ in Surrey, officer testifies
A gang-linked inmate in pretrial custody told police last December that his cell-mate, Othman Hamdan, had threatened to “blow up” RCMP headquarters in Surrey, an immigration hearing was told Monday....
View ArticleTwo charged after police intercept cocaine shipped through Port of Vancouver
Two Metro Vancouver residents will be back in court later this month on drug charges after police seized 132 kilograms of cocaine from a shipping container from Brazil. Yan Chau (Andrew) Lam, 48, and...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Two charged after major drug seizure at port
Interesting news release from the RCMP today about a major drug shipment intercepted 18 months ago in a container at the Port of Vancouver. Two people are not charged. While the police are saying they...
View ArticleImmigration board orders B.C. ISIS supporter detained
A B.C. man who posted violent online rhetoric in support of terrorist attacks and the Islamic State has been ordered detained by the Immigration and Refugee Board pending a full hearing on his status...
View ArticleThree youths found guilty in 2015 Luka Gordic killing
Clara Gordic says her son Luka’s 2015 murder in Whistler was over “nonsense” and never should have happened. Still, Gordic and her husband Mitch were relieved Friday when three men, who were just 17 at...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: 3 young men convicted in 2015 Whistler killing
It was every parent’s worst nightmare. Your child goes away for the weekend with friends and ends up dead. As the mother of Luka Gordic said Friday after three youth were convicted in her son’s murder,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: British Columbian ISIS supporter will stay in jail for now
Othman Hamdan was acquitted of all criminal charges by a B.C. Supreme Court judge two weeks ago. But the supporter of the Islamic State was ordered this week to be held in jail until a full hearing on...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT called in after body found in Richmond
Homicide investigators were called in Tuesday after a man’s body was found near Garden City Road in Richmond. Richmond RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang said the body was discovered about 4:30 a.m. and that the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Man involved in Surrey gang conflict found dead
In August, Surrey RCMP said Ibrahim Amjad Ibrahim was involved in the Lower Mainland gang conflict and refusing to cooperate with police despite being targeted. This week, he was found dead in...
View ArticleFamilies frustrated by delays that could free accused killer
For 10 long years, Eileen Mohan has hoped and prayed for justice for her murdered son Christopher. He was 22 when he was dragged into a penthouse apartment across the hall from his family’s home and...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon applies to toss murder charges over delay
Next Thursday is the 10th anniversary of the Surrey Six murders. As I researched this anniversary story, I confirmed that the one man still to go to trial – Jamie Bacon – has applied to have his murder...
View ArticleFormer B.C. Hells Angel gunned down outside Toronto strip mall
A former B.C. Hells Angel was shot to death over the weekend outside a strip mall in Toronto. James Clayton “Jamie” Holland, 43, was once a member of the elite Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels, then...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former B.C. Hells Angel shot to death in Toronto
Jamie Holland was a powerful and wealthy Hells Angel before he was tossed out of the gang in 2006. He continued running a number of B.C. companies before moving to Toronto a few years ago. On Saturday...
View ArticleFormer gangster says Dhak contracted UN to kill enemies
A former member of the United Nations gang says the late gangster Gurmit Dhak contracted the UN to kill some of Dhak’s enemies. The man, who can only be identified as “B” due to a publication ban,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Dhak hired UN gang to kill enemies, trial hears
It is often the case when you sit in on gang murder trials that you hear information about other unsolved shootings or slayings. That happened to me this week in the Cory Vallee murder trial. According...
View ArticleTwo B.C. criminals facing deportation lose court challenges
Two B.C. residents convicted in separate cases linked to organized crime have lost court challenges aimed at heading off their deportations. On Friday, the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected an application...
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