It’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
The RCMP says an officer working on the Surrey Six case left a notebook at his former home, which was handed over to police last month. Sgt. Rob Vermeulen didn’t identify the officer, but CBC reported...
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 ArticleSeattle trial delayed for former B.C. Mountie
The trial for a former B.C. Mountie charged in Washington state with smuggling cocaine has been postponed until November. Rapinder (Rob) Sidhu had been scheduled to go to trial in Seattle on Sept. 23....
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 ArticleOkanagan man found with “bomb-making equipment”
Police have arrested an Okanagan man and seized “bomb-making equipment” they believe could have been used in future gang-related violence. The 36-year-old was arrested Aug. 28th after a tip that he was...
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 ArticleEdmonton killer gets 40 years to life for three murders
I have still been busy with a longer-term project but thought people on the Real Scoop might want to comment on the longest-ever sentence handed to a Canadian killer since capital punishment was...
View ArticleAPD arrest gang associate on trafficking charges
A gang associate already charged with an attempted murder in Alberta is facing trafficking and firearms charges after being arrested in Abbotsford. Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald said Manraj...
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 ArticleGangster’s mom to get ICBC pay-out
A provincial court judge has ordered ICBC to pay more than $11,000 to the mother of a gangster gunned down in Surrey two years ago. Stephen Leone, 27, was driving an Acura owned by John Stevens when...
View ArticleMan found dead in Joe Brown Park victim of “foul play:” IHIT
An early morning jogger in Surrey’s Joe Brown Park found the body of a man who appears to be a victim of “foul play,” Sgt. Jennifer Pound said Wednesday. Pound, who speaks for the Integrated Homicide...
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...
View ArticleTwo men charged for a second time in 2004 murder
Two men who had murder and manslaughter charges against them dropped in 2005 have now been charged again in connection with the same 2004 murder. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced...
View ArticleIHIT investigating death of Chilliwack baby girl
It has been a busy 24 hours for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. They made two arrests on Friday afternoon in the 2004 murder of Amandeep Bath, who was shot in the head after an altercation...
View ArticleTrucker 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...
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