News Items tag as: Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit

Combined forces gang unit seizes drugs, knives in Okanagan operation
April 07, 2021 - 2:05 PM

The province's organized crime squad was deployed to the Okanagan last month, and the team seized weapons and drugs over a six-day period.
B.C.'s police gang unit seizes drugs, weapons during stops in Okanagan
September 29, 2020 - 1:45 PM

B.C.'s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team was in the Okanagan this week to learn about crime hotspots in both Kelowna and Vernon and managed to gather a significant amount of drugs and weaponry in the process.
Busy B.C. Day long weekend for anti-organized crime team in Kelowna
August 06, 2020 - 3:32 PM

The province's anti-gang unit was deployed in Kelowna during the B.C. Day long weekend and it seized drugs, cash and weapons.
B.C.'s anti-gang unit issues warning about emerging Brothers Keepers
July 21, 2020 - 2:31 PM

B.C.’s anti-gang agency is warning of a relatively new group of criminals who go by the name, Brothers Keepers.
Motorcycle gangs rolled into the Okanagan for weekend poker run
July 13, 2020 - 11:37 AM

B.C.’s anti-gang agency was in Kelowna this weekend to monitor a significant number of bikers who rolled in for a poker run.
Provincial gang enforcement team seizes cash, weapons and drugs in Kamloops
March 07, 2019 - 12:10 PM

KAMLOOPS — As Kamloops RCMP officers deal with a spike in recent drug-related violence, they have also had support from the province’s Uniformed Gang Enforcement Team to help suppress, disrupt and mitigate any further violence.
Uniform Gang Enforcement team seizes $40,000 cash and weapons in Kamloops
February 04, 2019 - 1:11 PM

KAMLOOPS — After two fatal shootings that left two men dead outside of hotels around the city of Kamloops, members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit were recently deployed to Kamloops to disrupt and suppress any further violence.
Kelowna-based gangster sentenced to over five years in prison
July 03, 2018 - 1:33 PM

KELOWNA - After nearly a four-year investigation, Donahugh Frederick McWhirter was sentenced to five years and six months in prison in Kelowna Supreme Court on June 29 for his attempt to create a resurgence of the Kelowna-based crime gang, the Independent Soldiers.
Police add weapons charges to drug charges for Kelowna man
December 19, 2017 - 12:49 PM

KELOWNA - A Kelowna man is facing more charges in connection to a drug investigation earlier this year.
Traffic stop by gang enforcement unit in Vernon caught on camera going viral, police investigating
July 06, 2017 - 2:45 PM

VERNON - The province’s gang enforcement unit will review an exchange between two of its officers and a pair of North Okanagan men after the episode was filmed and posted online.
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