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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Okanagan distillers quenching thirst for bourbon during trade war with US
A couple of distilleries in the Okanagan are working to meet an increase in demand for their bourbon-based whiskey as American brands are being pulled from BC Liquor Store shelves. “We have three different styles of bourbon and the de

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

'Skating on thin ice': Kelowna's housing sales well below normal
A BC real estate analysis report says Kelowna's housing market is "skating on thin ice" as February's sales were a mere fraction of what was expected. According to The Kelowna Rennie Advantage report, the jump in sales fro

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