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Surrey RCMP find 500 firearms with expired registrations
Surrey RCMP is safeguarding 500 firearms and 3,000 rounds of ammunition after visiting licensed owners whose registrations for their prohibited and restricted guns expired more than a decade ago. Most...
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REAL SCOOP: Surrey Mounties take unregistered guns from licenced owners
Surrey Mounties just announced the results of their Safe City Project where they were visiting licenced gun holders who had not re-registered restricted or prohibited firearms they have owned since...
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Metro Vancouver gang killer wins chance for early parole
A man convicted of first-degree murder in a high-profile gang case has won the right to have a jury decide whether he should get early parole under the “faint hope” law. A jury found Simon Kwok Cheng...
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Police trying to stay ahead of criminals on technology front
Mounties were trying to investigate a threat to national security. But because they couldn’t get critical information from a telecommunications company, they hit a roadblock. Despite pursuing other...
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REAL SCOOP: Supreme Court orders "faint hope" hearing for killer
When Bindy Johal associate Vik Chand was shot to death on Oct. 7, 1998 at a car dealership called Rags to Riches, it was big news. There had been a series of murders of people close to Johal. Just two...
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REAL SCOOP: Edmonton gang violence spilled over into BC
When Theoren Poitras was found murdered in a Richmond school yard in October 2014, police said he was an Edmonton resident with gang links. And when his alleged killer – an Edmonton man – was charged a...
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REAL SCOOP: Police face tech obstacles in criminal cases
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson was in B.C. in late March speaking to the Vancouver Board of Trade, as well as the Vancouver Sun’s editorial board. One of the things he stressed was that police face real...
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Third man charged in 2014 gang murder in Richmond
B.C.’s anti-gang agency announced charges Friday against a third suspect in the October 2014 targeted murder of Theoren Poitras in Richmond. Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special...
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Gang associate poses with firearms online
A gang associate who allegedly brandished a gun inside a Yaletown restaurant on May 1 has posted photos and videos of himself with guns on his social media sites, The Vancouver Sun has learned. James...
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REAL SCOOP: Gang associate allegedly waved gun in Vancouver restaurant
Two gang associates with links to Alberta and Ontario are back in Vancouver Provincial Court this week after a disturbing incident at a Yaletown restaurant May 1. Vancouver Police were called after a...
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B.C. gang associate arrested in Alberta after standoff
A United Nations gang associate from B.C. has been arrested in Alberta after police there found an arsenal of guns, drugs and stolen property inside a rural home. Robert Cletus Traverse, 35, was picked...
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REAL SCOOP: Surrey RCMP confirms shots fired Monday night – UPDATE
UPDATED TUESDAY, MAY 10 at 5:30 p.m. Surrey RCMP is saying there was a second shooting Monday that may be related to the one I wrote about below. The Mounties issued a news release late this...
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REAL SCOOP: B.C. gang associate arrested again on gun and drug charges
It was August 2014 when the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit announced details of the arrest of United Nations gang associate Robert Cletus Traverse on a large rural property north of Dawson...
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REAL SCOOP: Anti-gang agency releases more information about drug lab...
The specialized RCMP unit that cleans up clandestine labs was in the 800-block of Parker in White Rock for several days last week taking care of the chemicals inside a bungalow there. And now police...
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Hells Angels associate caught in $4-million drug sting should get 18 years in...
A Hells Angels associate who put up $4 million to smuggle half a tonne of cocaine into Canada should be sentenced to 18 years in jail, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. Chris Greenwood said Kevin Van...
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REAL SCOOP: Crown says biker associate should get long sentence and forfeit...
It looks like Hells Angels associate Kevin Van Kalkeren will be doing a long jail term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine. He was one of seven men charged in August 2012 after a...
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Hells Angels associate caught in reverse sting was "a bumbler," lawyer says
A Hells Angel associate convicted of trying to smuggle half a tonne of cocaine into Canada was “a bumbler” with no experience in dealing with cocaine, his lawyer said Friday. Ian Donaldson told a B.C....
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REAL SCOOP: Van Kalkeren sentence to be handed down May 27
Hells Angel associate Kevin Van Kalkeren will learn later this month how much time he’ll serve for his role in a massive international cocaine importation scheme. His two-day sentencing hearing...
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Hells Angels won't call witnesses in their defence
Two Hells Angels and three of their associates have decided not to call witnesses or evidence in their defence in a massive cocaine conspiracy case in B.C. Supreme Court. Lawyers for Hells Angels David...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angels trial is almost done, closing submissions start June 20
We learned in B.C. Supreme Court Monday that none of the Hells Angels or associates charged in the cocaine reverse sting by the RCMP are going to call evidence in their defence. That means that the...
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