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Organized Crime
RCMP confirm identity of known gangster found murdered in Princeton
RCMP say the shooting death of a 51-year-old man whose body was found in Princeton…
Gangster going to prison for three years in Williams Lake drive-by shooting
A central BC gangster will spend three years in prison for his role in a…
Investigation that began in Kelowna lands Hells Angel in prison for 4 years
A BC Hells Angel was sentenced to four years in prison after an RCMP investigation…
NOT WELCOME: Kamloops business joins with RCMP to send criminals a message
Kamloops RCMP and local businesses are making a list of criminals and showing them the…
Hells Angels clubhouse in Kelowna seized by B.C. government
The Hells Angels in Kelowna will give up their Ellis Street clubhouse after a recent…
Fentanyl superlab dismantled, arrests made in Lower Mainland
A drug superlab in the Lower Mainland has been dismantled and three men have been…
Vernon man among Hells Angels nabbed in large-scale drug bust
B.C.'s gang enforcement squad arrested five men after busting a Hells Angels drug operation operating…
Kelowna Hells Angels prospect died in hospital after crash near Prince George
A Kelowna Hells Angels prospect is dead after a collision near Prince George. Jason Townsend,…
Police raid in Kelowna related to organized crime investigation out of Vancouver
Several people were arrested in downtown Kelowna this morning during a raid that is part…
Gangland manslaughter case in Kamloops resolved with guilty pleas
CONTENT ADVISORY Four men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and another accused was acquitted, in…
Kamloops drug charges link local dealers to Lower Mainland gang activity
Kamloops RCMP have arrested two women on drug charges closing part of a two-year investigation.…
B.C.’s gang squad seizes drugs, weapons over three days in Kamloops
The police squad from the Lower Mainland that targets gangs and organized crime paid a…
B.C.’s police gang unit seizes drugs, weapons during stops in Okanagan
B.C.'s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team was in the Okanagan this week to learn about crime…
B.C.’s anti-gang unit issues warning about emerging Brothers Keepers
B.C.’s anti-gang agency is warning of a relatively new group of criminals who go by…
Kamloops woman, two Kelowna men arrested in Edmonton organized crime bust
KELOWNA – Cocaine, cash and two vehicles were seized as the result of an ALERT…
Gangster Jamie Bacon’s Kelowna girlfriend found dead
KELOWNA – The Kelowna girlfriend of Red Scorpion gang member Jamie Bacon died of an…
RCMP connect abandoned, burnt out car to murder of Red Scorpions co-founder in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Investigators have confirmed the burnt out car found after the shooting of a…
Two very different events brought hundreds of bikers to Kelowna on the weekend
KELOWNA – Hundreds of bikers were on the streets of Kelowna this past weekend for…
Alberta woman charged in gang-related gun and drug bust in West Kelowna last month
WEST KELOWNA – Charges of drug trafficking and possession of guns have been laid against…
Gangster and girlfriend busted in Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY – The resurgence of an organized criminal gang in the Okanagan has been delivered a blow following the arrest of a long-time member of the Independent Soldiers and his girlfriend on gun and drug charges. As a result of an investigation by the RCMP Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, which began in early...
Hells Angel sentencing could be postponed until after Christmas
KELOWNA - What was supposed to be a day of final submissions ahead of sentencing has turned into a multi-day examination into the lives of two men convicted of multiple weapons charges. Admitted Hells Angel Joseph Bruce Skreptak and alleged gang associate Cory Montemurro asked to postpone sentencing until early January so they can spend...
Public can weigh in on Mixed Martial Arts ban
VERNON - The public will soon get a chance to provide input on a controversial Mixed Martial Arts bylaw. The City of Vernon has given first readings to the bylaw, which would ban professional MMA events. Members of the public can have their say on the bylaw at the start of the Sept. 8 council...
Former Kelowna gangster busted in Red Deer
KELOWNA – The arrest of a known gang member from B.C. shows the Red Scorpions are moving into Alberta. Cory James Lesperance, 29, was arrested in Red Deer last week after a long investigation by RCMP and police from several jurisdictions. “The investigation focused on the Red Scorpions drug trafficking operation and their infiltration of...
Vernon’s justification for MMA ban is a secret
POLICE REPORT TO COUNCIL HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS VERNON - City officials and the police say their hands are tied when it comes to sharing the information behind allegations that mixed martial arts events are connected to organized crime. Vernon council has asked staff to prepare a bylaw banning mixed martial arts (MMA) events in...