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When Vancouver police raided a Langley farm in November 2017 as part of a gang investigation, they found stolen cars, stacks of licence plates, bulletproof vests, gas canisters, black clothing with the Walmart tags still on and a dozen firearms.
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“These kill kits were all assembled and ready to go at this farm,” VPD Supt. Lisa Byrne said this week.
There were also two grenades, a silencer, an overcapacity magazine, balaclavas and latex gloves.
I put this weekend feature together over the course of a few days last week to try to put in some context all the violence we have seen so far this year. Unfortunately the violence is continuing with the May 22 murders in Coquitlam and Calgary, as well as the May 20 hit in Nanaimo – all of which appear to be linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict. Here’s the weekend feature: Anatomy of a Metro Vancouver hit: Imported hit men, kill kits, guns.
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Senior police officers from across the Lower Mainland tried to reassure the public Monday they are doing everything they can to combat gang violence despite two weekend murders, including an unprecedented shooting at Vancouver International Airport.
Supt. Dave Chauhan, head of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, announced that a murder charge had already been laid in Saturdayâs fatal shooting outside a Burnaby vape store.
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He said 20-year-old Ahmed Tahir was arrested and charged with gunning down Toni Dalipi, 19, on 6th Street at 13th Avenue about 7 p.m.
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Six years ago, Surrey RCMP warned people to steer clear of gangster Karman Grewal after he and his friends were shot at but refused to cooperate with police.
On Sunday, Grewal, who was associated to the United Nations gang, was gunned down in a brazen public execution at Vancouver International Airport.
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The killer or killers opened fire at about 3 p.m. in front of the international terminal on the departures level.