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Government violated biker’s rights in bid to deport him: Federal Court
A federal court has stopped a bid to deport an Italian-born Hells Angel from B.C., saying the government violated his rights by delaying the case for years. Carlo Fabbiano, a 57-year-old member of the...
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Accused drug smugglers caught crossing into B.C. with cocaine
Their camouflaged clothing wasn’t enough to get two accused drug smugglers across the border undetected last November. Mounties just released details of charges laid against the men two months ago....
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No one injured in Richmond shooting Tuesday morning
Richmond RCMP officers are investigating a drive-by shooting on Garden City Road Tuesday morning. Acting Corporal Dennis Hwang said in a news released that no one was injured after shot were fired at a...
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Government going after cars allegedly used in Abby teen’s murder
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office wants to keep two vehicles it alleges were involved in a gang shootout that left an Abbotsford teen dead last October. In a statement of claim filed Dec. 22, the...
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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 charged in “drug-related” slaying
Charges have been laid against a Vancouver man after a body was found inside a Triumph Street apartment earlier this week. Kenneth Conrad Izzard, 29, faces one count of manslaughter and has been...
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Surrey Six killers appeal their convictions
Surrey Six killers Matthew Johnston and Cody Haevischer have appealed their convictions on six counts of first-degree murder and one of conspiracy. Criminal Justice branch spokesman Neil MacKenzie...
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Tilli-Choli ordered deported due to his guilty plea in Bacon plot
A leading member of the United Nations gang, convicted of plotting to murder the Bacon brothers, has been ordered deported from Canada. Immigration board member Marc Tessler issued the deportation...
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Savein gets time served in cartel money laundering case
A Vancouver man who pleaded guilty in San Diego to laundering money for a Mexican cartel was sentenced to time served Monday. Ariel Savein was handed a term of 30 months, which amounts to the time he...
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B.C. man charged in Saskatchewan drug case linked to the Hells Angels
A B.C. man is facing trafficking charges in connection with a Saskatchewan drug investigation linked to the Hells Angels. Vancouver resident Thai Duong Tran, 26, appeared in Saskatoon Provincial Court...
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Abbotsford Police investigating shooting Friday afternoon
Abbotsford Police released details Saturday of a shooting Friday afternoon that injured a man. The 19-year-old victim arrived on his own at Abbotsford Regional Hospital at about 2:30 p.m. Friday...
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Teen drives himself to hospital after being shot several times
Surrey RCMP is investigating a shooting Sunday night that left a 17-year-old injured. The teen drove himself to hospital despite being hit several times after the shooting in the 13000-block of 73rd...
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Accused killer makes court appearance in Surrey Monday
A 30-year-old man charged in the fatal 2006 shooting of Mahdi Halane appeared in Surrey Provincial Court Monday morning. Fushpinder Singh Brar was arrested Jan. 23 and charged with manslaughter in the...
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Shoplifting suspect allegedly found with loaded handguns
Vancouver Police responded to a report of a shoplifter at a London Drugs on Kingsway Monday. But when officers arrived, they found the suspect allegedly in possession of three semi-automatic handguns...
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Government wants property with massive grow-op forfeited
The B.C. government is going after an Aldergrove property where thousands of marijuana plants were found Tuesday. The B.C. director of civil forfeiture wasted no time in launching a lawsuit to seize...
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Appeal court cuts sentences for ketamine smugglers
The B.C. Court of Appeal has reduced the sentences of three men convicted of trying to traffic more than 1,000 kilograms of the date rape drug ketamine that was smuggled into Canada. The province’s...
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UN-linked conspirator denied parole after guilty plea in Bacon murder plot
A colourful former wrestler, biker and bit actor convicted of conspiring to kill the notorious Bacon brothers has been denied parole. Ion Kroitoru, aka Johnny K-9, appeared before the Parole Board of...
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Murder charge stayed against Abbotsford’s Jimi Sandhu
An Abbotsford man who was charged with killing Red Scorpion gang leader Matt Campbell in January 2014 is free. A second-degree murder charge laid a year ago against Jimi Sandhu was stayed by Crown...
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Judge orders delay in accused killer’s second murder trial
What to you do when you have a second murder trial starting before your first murder trial is done? That was the scenario for accused killer Russell Bidesi until Tuesday when a B.C. Supreme Court judge...
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Gangster gets seven-year sentence in 2011 kidnapping
Long-time gangster Troy Dax McKinnon was sentenced to seven years Tuesday after pleading guilty to playing a “significant leadership role” in a 2011 Vancouver kidnapping thwarted by police. B.C....
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