Intercepts didn’t violate Ronnie Lising’s rights: Feds
The federal government is denying that the rights of full-patch Hells Angel Ronaldo Lising were violated when some of his calls were intercepted and recorded while he was jailed at Mission Institution...
View ArticleGovernment wants forfeiture of two Hells Angels clubhouses
It was big news at the Vancouver Law Courts when we discovered Tuesday afternon that the B.C. government’s Civil Forfeiture Office was going after the Hells Angels to get the East End and Kelowna...
View ArticleTaxman also after some Hells Angels assets
The B.C. director of civil forfeiture isn’t the only government agency going after the assets of the B.C. Hells Angels. The Canada Revenue Agency has also obtained a court order under the Income Tax...
View ArticleMicheal Plante explains how he got close to the East End Hells Angels
In part two of my series about Micheal Plante, the man who spent 10 years of his life committed to the E-Pandora investigation and prosecutions, describes what he did to get close to the East End Hells...
View ArticleFrom confidential informant to key police agent: Plante’s dangerous assignment
In part three of my series on police agent Micheal Plante, he describes the challenges of working with police – first as an informant in July 2003 and later as a police agent wearing a wire for hours...
View ArticleMicheal Plante becomes an “official friend” in the Hells Angels program
In part four of my series about police agent Micheal Plante, the infiltrator finally makes it into the Hells Angels program as “an official friend.” He is called into the meeting room at the East End...
View ArticleHells Angels maintain lower public profile than in the past: CFSEU head
Hells Angels in B.C. have reduced their public profile in reaction to police probes targeting them, as well as to protect themselves from rivals’ attacks, the head of the Combined Forces Special...
View ArticleJudge upholds gang logo ruling against Kelowna nightclub
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has upheld a liquor branch ruling that a Kelowna nightclub violated its licence by allowing a patron wearing gang clothing inside. But Justice Geoff Barrow also agreed with...
View ArticleMcBride, Khun-Khun, Jones charged with murder – UPDATE
Gangsters Jason McBride, Jujhar Khun-Khun and Michael Kerry Hunter Jones are now charged in connection with the brazen Aug. 2011 Kelowna gang shooting that saw Red Scorpion Jon Bacon killed, Hells...
View ArticleThree Dhak associates charged in Bacon murder – UPDATE
Three gangsters linked to the late Sukh Dhak have been charged with killing Red Scorpion Jon Bacon and wounding four of his associates in a brazen daylight shooting outside a Kelowna luxury hotel in...
View ArticleB.C. government goes after more cash seized in E-Pandora
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture office has filed a claim in B.C. Supreme Court, hoping to keep more than $104,000 seized from Hells Angels associates during the E-Pandora investigation. Most of the money...
View ArticleRobby Alkhalil arrested in Greece on Toronto murder charge
A former B.C. man wanted for murder in a Toronto hit has been arrested in Greece. Extradition proceedings are now underway for Rabih (Robby) Alkhalil, who grew up in Surrey, Alkhalil, 25, was picked up...
View ArticleCourt updates and recent rulings from B.C. to California
I thought I would update you on a few court cases. Accused killer Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun appeared in Surrey Provincial Court Friday after being charged recently in the murder of Red Scorpion Jon Bacon...
View ArticleSuspects in Duhre murder already charged in Toronto hit
Two men charged in a high-profile Toronto murder are also suspects in the brazen Vancouver shooting of gangster Sandip Duhre in January 2012. Vancouver police investigators have been building a case...
View ArticlePolice announce new strategies after another gang slaying in Surrey
B.C.’s anti-gang policing agency plans to release the names of as many gangsters as possible as part of a new strategy to combat deadly organized crime violence across the province. Chief Supt. Dan...
View ArticlePolice say massive grow-op linked to the Hells Angels
The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit raided four rural Mission properties and found 10,000 marijuana plants – some of them in an underground bunker concealed with a fake horse paddock. Sgt....
View ArticleNorth Van trucker gets 12 years for U.S. conspiracy linked to HA
A North Vancouver trucker convicted of smuggling pot for a criminal group linked to the Hells Angels was sentenced in Seattle Tuesday to 12 years in prison. James Postlethwaite, 60, was convicted in...
View ArticlePolice say Hells Angels violating traffic laws on Vancouver Island ride
Biker cops pulled over dozens of Hells Angels on Vancouver Island Saturday afternoon. Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement, said CFSEU, along with RCMP officers on...
View ArticleGang associate gets four and a half years for loaded guns, drugs
A man identified in court documents as an associate of the late Jonathan Bacon and a Hells Angel has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for trafficking and firearms convictions. Brendan...
View ArticlePolice find another underground pot bunker linked to Hells Angels
B.C. gang enforcement cops have uncovered another sophisticated underground pot growing bunker believed to be linked to the Hells Angels. Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special...
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