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Three B.C. gangsters charged in 2012 murders of rivals make brief appearance
Hells Angel Larry Amero and two men from his Wolfpack gang alliance appeared briefly by video link in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday, charged in connection with the 2012 murders of rivals Sandip Duhre...
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Hells Angel offers to help people get medical pot-growing licences
A longtime Vancouver Hells Angel is offering to help people get licences to grow their own medical marijuana “everywhere in Canada except Quebec!!!!” Hal Bruce Porteous, 45, made the offer in an...
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REAL SCOOP: HA rapper offers help to get medical pot grow licences
Sorry for the delay in reopening Real Scoop comments. I have been battling the cold/flu that so many have. But I am back at work, though off on holidays next week. I wrote this story a couple of days...
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REAL SCOOP: James Riach gets life sentence in Philippines
There was pretty big news out of Manila overnight. James Riach was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking organization. At the time of his 2014 arrest there, police said the drug...
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Hells Angels convictions should be part of forfeiture case, government says
The B.C. director of civil forfeiture wants criminal convictions against several Hells Angels admitted as evidence in an upcoming civil trial over the seizure of three biker clubhouses. Lawyer Brent...
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REAL SCOOP: HA civil forfeiture case just weeks away
The long-awaited trial between the B.C. director of civil forfeiture and three Hells Angels chapters finally gets underway next month – 11.5 years after the case began. This week, the parties are in...
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Hells Angel facing B.C. civil forfeiture suit dies of suspected overdose
A member of the West Point Hells Angels died of a suspected overdose last week while in the middle of a court case with the B.C. Civil Forfeiture office. Lukasz Cimoszko, 36, was found dead near...
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Feds not doing enough to keep organized crime out of medical pot, B.C....
The federal government is not doing enough to keep organized crime out of the medical marijuana business, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Thursday. Farnworth was reacting to two recent...
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REAL SCOOP: Minister says feds need medical pot crack down
This is a follow-up story to the one I did earlier this week about the death of Hells Angel Lukasz Cimoszko and the fact he was facing a civil forfeiture challenge at the time of his death. In the...
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Live: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court
The Hells Angels “are an extraordinarily sophisticated entity” fighting to preserve their brand to help members around the world commit criminal acts, a lawyer representing the B.C. government said...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court
I was reporting live on the start of the Hells Angels civil forfeiture case in B.C. Supreme Court today. The case, which took more than decade to get to trial, is expected to last five weeks.The...
View ArticleLive: Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial continues today
A long-awaited civil forfeiture trial against the Hells Angels is underway. The civil forfeiture case began in 2007 when the government seized the Hells Angels’ Nanaimo clubhouse, alleging that it had...
View ArticleHells Angels lawyers argue undercover evidence inadmissible in civil case
An undercover police officer who discussed an international cocaine deal with Kelowna Hells Angel David Giles testified Tuesday that he never tried to steer Giles to specific answers during their 2012...
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REAL SCOOP: HA rapper offers help to get medical pot grow licences
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Guilty pleas in Jonathan Bacon murder coming Tuesday
KELOWNA — A dramatic 2011 shooting in the heart of this Okanagan city is expected to come to a less dramatic conclusion today as three gangsters plead guilty to having a role in the murder of Red...
View ArticleFormer Hells Angel testifies at clubhouse civil-forfeiture trial
Before he became a member of the Hells Angels, David Atwell says his criminal activity was “minimal” and involved a “couple of assaults, some drug use.” “But as a full-patch Hells Angel, I was able to...
View ArticleFormer HA denies $500,000 payment was behind him becoming agent
A former Hells Angel denied a suggestion Wednesday by a lawyer for the notorious motorcycle club that he was motivated financially to turn on the club and become a police agent. David Atwell, who...
View ArticleFormer biker says crimes discussed at Hells Angels clubhouse
A former Hells Angel testified Thursday that members of the biker club would discuss some of their criminal activities at the Toronto clubhouse, but only after the business of their formal meetings was...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former biker finishes testimony at civil forfeiture trial
David Atwell, a former Hells Angel who testified against Toronto gang members several years ago, has been giving evidence this week for the B.C. director of civil forfeiture in his attempt to get three...
View ArticleFormer biker brought from prison to testify at Hells Angels case
A founding member of the Nanaimo Hells Angels suggested Friday that he had been unfairly convicted in an extortion case because of his membership in the notorious biker club. Robert “Fred” Widdifield...
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