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Fatal flashpoint: Gurmit Dhak's 2010 murder ignited a gang war that's still...
When Independent Soldiers founder Randy Naicker stopped outside a Starbucks on a warm June afternoon six years ago, he had no idea that a rival gang had fixed a tracking device to his SUV. Despite...
View ArticleHamilton man pleads guilty to attempted murder of Hells Angel
A Hamilton man has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a B.C. Hells Angel at the Vancouver airport. Knowah Ferguson, 21, also pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit the...
View Article5 things you need to know about Hells Angels in B.C.
The Hells Angels arrived in B.C. on July 25, 1983, and celebrated the opening of its Hardside chapter, the 10th in the province, with a party on March 17, 2017. Provincial membership sits at around...
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Founder of firefighters' biker club poses with Hells Angels
B.C.’s public safety minister says he has serious concerns about a new motorcycle club of Lower Mainland firefighters called Florian’s Knights that has been attending events with the Hells Angels....
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Anti-gang police concerned about Metro Vancouver firefighter bikers
B.C.’s anti-gang agency says a new Metro Vancouver firefighters biker club with links to the Hells Angels raises serious issues. Sgt. Brenda Winpenny, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit,...
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Burnaby launches investigation into firefighter biker club
Burnaby has started a formal investigation into a local firefighters motorcycle club linked to the Hells Angels, city manager Lambert Chu said Wednesday. Chu said the investigation follows Postmedia...
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REAL SCOOP: Burnaby investigates firefighter bikers
I have done a couple of follow-up stories on the Florian Knights, the firefighter bikers who’ve been going on rides with the Hells Angels. Now the City of Burnaby has launched its own investigation...
View ArticleFounder of biker club 'no longer employed' at Burnaby Fire Department
A memo obtained by Postmedia says that Nick Elmes, a firefighter who founded a biker club, is no longer employed by the City of Burnaby. “Effective today, Nick Elmes is no longer employed by the City...
View ArticleB.C. anti-gang cops will monitor Hells Angels anniversary bash in Nanaimo
As many as 300 outlaw bikers will celebrate a Hells Angels’ anniversary in Nanaimo this weekend under the watchful eye of B.C.’s anti-gang Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. In 1983, the biker...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angels still powerful after 35 years in B.C.
I started the Real Scoop 10 years ago this weekend by doing a live blog on the 25th anniversary bash of the Hells Angels at the Langley property owned by the White Rock chapter. So it’s appropriate...
View ArticleLive: Kim Bolan covers the Hells Angels' 35th anniversary party in Nanaimo
Crime reporter Kim Bolan is in Nanaimo to cover the 35th anniversary of the first Hells Angels chapters in B.C. She will be live-tweeting events Friday and Saturday. Read her feature here, and follow...
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Hells Angels party it up in Nanaimo while police keep eyes wide open
NANAIMO — Hundreds of Hells Angels from across Canada spent Saturday partying at the local chapter’s biker clubhouse right next door to the one raided by the RCMP almost 11 years ago. Attendees from as...
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REAL SCOOP: Bikers party at new Nanaimo compound
Heading out of Nanaimo now after an interesting couple of days covering the anniversary party. I hadn’t realized that the Nanaimo chapter had simply moved operations next door after the clubhouse was...
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Police concerned about rise of Hells Angels puppet clubs
NANAIMO — They arrived in unison, their faces covered by bandanas, and parked their Harleys in front of the old Hells Angels clubhouse here. The patches on their backs said Los Diablos — The Devils —...
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REAL SCOOP: Police concerned about rise of the HA puppets
I have written stories about so-called puppet clubs before – back in 2006 when the Outcasts and the Jesters were formed, then again in 2009 when several new ones like the Throttle Lockers and Handsome...
View ArticleMetro Vancouver man with gang links slain in Mexico
A West Vancouver man associated with the Hells Angels has been shot to death in Mexico, Postmedia News has learned. Guiseppe Bugge, 42, died in a hail of bullets Thursday night at a posh shopping...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: West Vancouver man shot to death in Mexico
I got a tip about this murder in Guadalajara late Thursday of a man well-known to police on the Lower Mainland. Guiseppe Bugge, also known as Benny, had been linked to the drug trade in B.C. for years...
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Man who tried to murder Hells Angel at YVR gets 11 years
A Hamilton man who tried to kill a member of the Hells Angels at the Vancouver airport has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Knowah Ferguson, 21, pleaded guilty to the April 2015 attempted murder...
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Why is Drake wearing a Hells Angels support hoodie in this photo?
B.C.’s top gang cops say they’re concerned about the message Toronto rapper Drake is sending his fans by wearing the support gear of a violent motorcycle gang. In a photo posted Aug. 21 to U.S. rapper...
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REAL SCOOP: Sons of ex-Angel charged with assaulting cop
My colleague Scott Brown had written a story about the beating of a Vancouver Police officer after a Durango was pulled over on Robson Oct. 9. Then I heard from a source that two of those charged are...
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