News Items tag as: Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit

Province alleges Kelowna auto shop a drug trafficking front
November 15, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna auto shop doesn't host "any legitimate business" and operates as a front for drug suppliers, according to the BC Civil Forfeiture Office.
Four Lower Mainland drug dealers busted in Okanagan police raids
July 23, 2024 - 11:51 AM

Three men and one woman from the Lower Mainland were arrested last week in multi-jurisdictional drug trafficking operation in the Okanagan.
UPDATE: Armed standoff at Kamloops hotel ends with arrest
March 11, 2024 - 2:25 PM

Three men were arrested after heavily-armed RCMP officers surrounded a Kamloops hotel on Sunday.
Kamloops man charged for making 3D printed guns
October 11, 2023 - 9:34 AM

A 31-year-old Kamloops man is facing multiple charges after an months-long investigation into 3D-printed guns.
Vernon man one of four suspects to plead guilty in BC Hells Angels investigation
September 28, 2023 - 10:52 AM

Four of seven people charged in a Hells Angels investigation that connected suspects from the North Okanagan and the Lower Mainland have pleaded guilty so far.
The City of Kamloops has a Porsche. Here's where it came from
August 10, 2023 - 7:13 AM
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The City of Kamloops is trying to show that crime doesn't pay by displaying a newly acquired Porsche that was originally obtained by crime.
Organized crime unit backs up Kamloops RCMP to target gang violence
April 21, 2023 - 11:24 AM

A smoke grenade was among the items seized from Kamloops criminals earlier this month.
Hells Angels want their Kelowna clubhouse back
April 20, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The owners of three Hells Angels clubhouses in BC, including one in Kelowna, are appealing to Canada's highest court to have the properties returned to them.
Last of seven suspects in B.C. Hells Angels bust arrested
December 29, 2022 - 10:56 AM

All seven men charged in a Hells Angels drug bust that spanned from Vancouver to Vernon have been arrested.
Vernon man among Hells Angels nabbed in large-scale drug bust
December 07, 2022 - 3:29 PM

B.C.'s gang enforcement squad arrested five men after busting a Hells Angels drug operation operating between the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan.
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops trending down
Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops are on their way down, but renters might not be noticing quite yet. The cost to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna has gone down 4.7 per cent in the last year, while Kamloops has seen a two per cent

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