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IHITon the scene of suspected murder at Langley grow-op – UPDATE

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 Langley RCMP was called to a house in the 2000 block of 200 Street just after 10 pm Tuesday after getting calls about the to well being of a man staying there.

They found that the man was dead and that there was a pot growing opereation inside the rural residence.  

“Officers on the scene were able to identify this death was as the result of foul play,” Cpl. Adam MacIntosh, of the Integrated Homicide ...


Abby drug smuggler charged with 2009 murder of his wife

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An Abbotsford man with a history of drug smuggling has been charged in the 2009 murder of his 40-year-old wife.

Iqbal Singh Gill, 49, was arrested Friday and charged with first degree murder of Kulwinder Kaur Gill.

He appeared briefly in Abbotsford Provincial Court Monday, along with co-accused Gurpreet Singh Atwal, 26 and Jaspreet Singh Sohi, 28, both of whom are also charged with first degree murder.

A fourth accused, Sukhpal Singh Johal, is facing ...

Female UBC student assaulted in Pacific Spirit Park

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The RCMP is looking for a suspect after a female student was attacked while jogging in Pacific Spirit Regional Park April 1.

The 18-year old was in the park, near trail three, between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. when she was approached by an unknown aboriginal male who asked her what time it was, Sgt. PeterThiessen said.

“The aboriginal male suddenly grabbed her and threw her to the ground. The suspect quickly left the scene on ...

Police announce new strategies after another gang slaying in Surrey

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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 Malo, head of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said gangsters are now being treated as prolific offenders and targeted at every level by all policing agencies in B.C.

“Any [name] I am allowed to release will be made available. And we ...

Shooting at Haney Place Mall in Maple Ridge

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A man has died after a shooting about 8 pm at Maple Ridge’s Haney Place Mall.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the file, Sgt. Jennifer Pound said in a tweet.

Scan B.C. reported that an air ambulance took the injured man away from the mall parking lot. But he did not survive his injuries.

I will update this as soon as I get more information.

If you know anything or have photos, ...

Hundreds attend Widdifield funeral under watchful eye of police

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Hundreds of family, friends and associates of slain gangster Craig Widdifield gathered in south Surrey Friday to remember the young father gunned down April 24.
There was a heavy police presence at the Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre for the service with unmarked police cruisers stationed at each entrance to complex, as well as along the street outside.
Some uniformed officers checked the identification of gang-linked guests arriving, while plain clothes police took photos from ...

Murdered Mission man lived next door to targeted UN gangster

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A Mission man gunned down in 2007 was living next door to a targeted United Nations gangster and was killed by mistake, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team revealed Thursday.

Sgt. Jennifer Pound said investigators believed Timothy Vernon Jones was an innocent victim of a gang war that was raging on the Lower Mainland.

Jones was shot in the head on Feb. 25, 2007 just before 3:00 p.m. outside his house in the 7400 block of

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IHIT on the scene of Colony Farm slaying

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Homicide investigators have closed off a popular trail at Coquitlam’s Colony Farm park after a body was found Sunday afternoon.
Coquitlam RCMP arrived at the scene first about 4 p.m. and determined the victim had met with foul play.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team now has conduct of the investigation.
“I can confirm that IHIT is now taking over this case from the Coquitlam RCMP. I can also confirm that the victim is a man

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Coquitlam murder victim identified as Clifford Devitt

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A transient Maple Ridge man who routinely travelled around the area by bicycle has been identified as the Lower Mainland’s latest murder victim.

The body of Clifford Arthur Devitt, 44, was found Sunday afternoon near a trail in Coquitlam’s Colony Farm regional park.
Sgt. Bari Emam, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said anyone with information is asked to call IHIT’s tipline 1-877-551-4448.
“Our investigators can reveal that Mr. Devitt was a transient person who

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Police believe Richmond man may have been killed

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Homicide investigators are asking for the public’s help to find out what happened to missing Richmond resident Kiem Cuong (Steven) Yip.
Yip’s concerned family called police Monday saying he had not been seen nor heard from since April 20.
“Due to evidence and information received to date, Mr. Yip’s disappearance is suspicious in nature and investigators believe he has met with foul play,” Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said in a

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Surrey man convicted a second time in 2005 murder

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For a second time, Tasha Rosette’s former boyfriend has been found guilty of first degree murder in her November 2005 death.

The young Surrey woman was pregnant with a baby that Amjad Khan didn’t want. The Gang Task Force was tipped to Khan’s plot, but the officers decided to investigate it further and didn’t tell Rosette. She was found fatally stabbed, her throat slit, five days later.

Both Khan and his associate Naim Saghir were ...

One man dead after Abbotsford shooting Sunday

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A young man is dead after a fatal shooting in Abbotsford Sunday evening.

Abbotsford Police received 911 calls about shots fired near the  intersection of South Fraser Way and Emerson Street at 5:15 pm. 

“Witnesses indicated that shots were fired from a suspect vehicle into a dark coloured sedan,” Const. Ian MacDonald said in a news release.

:When Abbotsford Police Department Patrol Division officers arrived, they located a South Asian man in his 20’s seriously ...

Abbotsford shooting victim an associate of accused in Bacon case

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A young Abbotsford man gunned down Sunday was an associate of one of the accused killers of Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon.

Harpreet Singh Chahal, 25, was critically wounded in a targeted shooting on South Fraser Way at Emerson about 5:15 p.m. Sunday and died less than an hour later in hospital.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed Monday that Chahal was well-known to them and that the murder is gang-related.

IHIT’s Sgt. Jennifer Pound ...

Deadly stabbings in Vancouver and Surrey – UPDATE

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UPDATE – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the Surrey stabbing as 22 year old Vancouver resident Kyle Yellowbird.
And IHIT said investigators have identified a person of interest and seized a suspect vehicle though no arrests have been made.
ORIGINAL POST - 
Young men are dead in both Surrey and Vancouver after deadly stabbings overnight.
Both of the incidents occurred about 1 a.m.
In Vancouver,  a 17-year-old was critically wounded at the Japan

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Man found dead in Joe Brown Park victim of “foul play:” IHIT

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An early morning jogger in Surrey’s Joe Brown Park found the body of a man who appears to be a victim of “foul play,” Sgt. Jennifer Pound said Wednesday.

Pound, who speaks for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said the unidentified male was discovered about 7:30 am Wednesday in the park at 123 Street and New McLellan Road. 

The jogger called 911 after making the grisly find.

“The male has yet to be identified, and ...


IHIT says murder victim a 30-year-old Surrey man

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Ezar Ahmad Khan had run-ins with police across Metro Vancouver for more than a decade.

On Wednesday, the 30-year-old Surrey man who sources say was a “low-level trafficker,” was found dead in Joe Brown Park.

Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said the murder appears to be targeted, though not gang-related.

A jogger in the park, located at at 123 Street and New McLellan Road, found Khan’s body about 7:30 a.m. and ...

IHIT investigating death of Chilliwack baby girl

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It has been a busy 24 hours for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

They made two arrests on Friday afternoon in the 2004 murder of Amandeep Bath, who was shot in the head after an altercation with an acquaintance. He placed a desperate call to 911 as he killers pursued him in a car.

As IHIT’s Surrey news conference Friday night was unfolding, dramatic details were coming in about a domestic murder not far away ...

IHIT says man shot in Surrey had no criminal record

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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man shot to death about 5 a.m. Friday in his car in Surrey had no criminal record.

Sgt. Jennifer Pound said in a news release that the man’s name was being withheld pending notification of his extended family.

She said that Surrey RCMP received several 911 calls of shots fired in the 8600 block of 156 Street.

“Surrey RCMP attended, along with BC Ambulance Service, and located a ...

Record Surrey murder rate linked to gangs, drug trade

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Surrey’s record 2013 murder rate comes in part from gangsters and organized crime groups setting up shop in the booming city, RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy said Wednesday.
Fordy said the majority of the 21 murders so far in Surrey this year are linked to gangs and traffickers vying for control of the local drug trade.
“The fact that we are a young growing community and for the same reasons that business wanted to come ...

Two men charged in home invasion that left drug dealer dead – UPDATE

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Two Surrey men with links to the street-level drug trade have been charged with killing an acquaintance during a home invasion Nov. 9.
Donald James Chad, 30, was charged Saturday with second-degree muder and robbery with a firearm in connection with the Nov. 9 slaying of Corey Bennett.

On Friday, Matthew Rene Bernard, 27, was charged with one count of manslaughter and another of robbery with a firearm for his alleged role in Bennett’s death....

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