News Items tag as: Independent Soldiers

Kelowna RCMP investigation targets Independent Soldier; uncovers stockpile of drugs
December 20, 2018 - 3:18 PM

KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna have uncovered a "conduit of drugs" by targeting a member of an organized criminal organization operating in the Okanagan.
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.
Gangster and girlfriend busted in Lake Country
February 06, 2015 - 2:55 PM

LAKE COUNTRY – The resurgence of an organized criminal gang in the Okanagan has been delivered a blow following the arrest of a long-time member of the Independent Soldiers and his girlfriend on gun and drug charges.
Vernon's connection to a Lower Mainland gang called the Unknown Soldiers
January 08, 2015 - 2:47 PM

GANG SETS UP ‘DRUG FRANCHISES’ IN SMALL COMMUNITIES; POLICE BELIEVE VERNON WAS ONE OF THEM
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Kelowna RCMP investigation targets Independent Soldier; uncovers stockpile of drugs