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Nanaimo Hells Angel gets charge stayed over court delays
Criminal charges against a high-ranking member of the Nanaimo Hells Angels have been stayed by a B.C. Supreme Court judge, who ruled his Charter rights were violated because the case was taking too...
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Abundant supply of shipping containers for would-be pot growers
Would-be pot growers looking to set up an underground bunker like the one police raided in Langley this week have several places to purchase used shipping containers. At least five Lower Mainland...
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B.C. man admits he arranged cocaine shipments from Mexico – UPDATED with...
He is a B.C. man who set up shop in Mexico and has been linked to one of the deadliest drug cartels in the world. Now John Darrel Krokos is preparing to spend at least 10 years in a U.S. jail after...
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Updates: Hells Angels gather in Langley, Appeal in Nanaimo biker case
I just got back into town and thought I would update you on a number of news stories from the past week. The Hells Angels are celebrating 30 years in the province this weekend with a gathering at the...
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Saskatoon biker injured after leaving anniversary party
A Saskatoon Hells Angel was in hospital with serious head injury Sunday after riding his motorcycle off the highway and into a rock wall near Hope Sunday while driving home from three chapters’ 30th...
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HA ruling details intimidation tactics of Kelowna full-patch
A B.C. Supreme Court ruling released this week demonstrates the viciousness with which some Hells Angels attempt to intimidate members of the community. We learned last month that Kelowna full-patch...
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Hells Angel associate denied bail in cocaine conspiracy case
A Hells Angels associate charged in a massive cocaine smuggling case has been denied bail in B.C. Supreme Court. Justice Gregory Bowden read his decision Monday morning, denying Kevin Van Kalkeren his...
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Shooting victim linked to slain gangster Sandip Duhre
A young man critically wounded in a Surrey shooting Friday afternoon is the stepson of murdered gangster Sandip Duhre, The Vancouver Sun has learned. The young Surrey man and his friend were wounded...
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Canadian 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...
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Canadians 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...
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Hells Angels launch challenge of civil forfeiture law
B.C. Hells Angels have filed a legal challenge of the government’s civil forfeiture law, claiming it violates their constitutional rights. A lawyer for seven men connected to the East End Chapter filed...
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Government seeking forfeiture of “chop shop” seizures
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office is going after the assets of a Kelowna business that police allege was a “chop shop” used by the Hells Angels and other biker gangs. A lawsuit was filed in B.C. Supreme...
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Man with HA links charged in brutal cabbie assault
A Vancouver man with links to the East End Hells Angels has been charged with aggravated assault after the brutal beating of a taxi driver last weekend. Lloyd Peter Robinson, 29, appeared in Vancouver...
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B.C. gangsters could face life in prison after Manila drug bust
After a dramatic arrest in the Philippines Wednesday, Vancouver gangster Barry Espadilla quipped on his Facebook page that jail in Manila “is actually a lot better than jail over there (in B.C.).” He...
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B.C. gangsters worked with cartel to set up Manila drug operation: police
Police in the Philippines believe Vancouver gangster James Riach was working directly with a Mexican cartel when he set up a major drug operation in Manila last year. Rommell Vallejo, chief of the...
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Full-patch Hells Angels plead guilty to killing Dain Phillips in 2011
Two full-patch members of the Hells Angels have admitted their role in the brutal beating that left Kelowna family man Dain Phillips dead in June 2011. Norman Cocks and Robert Thomas, both with the...
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Manslaughter trial for HA associates opens in Vancouver
Two full-patch Hells Angels struck unarmed Kelowna dad Dain Phillips in the head with a baseball bat and hammer as his two sons watched in horror, B.C. Supreme Court heard Monday. Crown Joe Bellows...
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Accused killer confronted Phillips’ son over Facebook comment just before...
The day before Dain Phillips was fatally beaten by two Kelowna Hells Angels, his son Kody was confronted by accused killer Daniel McRae over a “rude” Facebook comment, B.C. Supreme Court heard Tuesday....
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HAs Cocks and Thomas get 15 years in Kelowna manslaughter case
Two full-patch Hells Angels were sentenced to 15 years Wednesday for the brutal hammer and baseball bat attack that left unarmed Kelowna dad Dain Phillips dead. Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen...
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18 of B.C.’s full patch Angels convicted or facing charges: CFSEU
The conviction of two full-patch Hells Angels for killing a Kelowna dad means almost one in five members of the B.C. biker gang has now been charged or convicted of a crime in recent years. According...
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