Kim Bolan

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:16:40 +0000

John Stirling could have faced life in prison for the amount of methamphetamine he was smuggling aboard his sailboat off the coast of Oregon last April. He pleaded guilty this week after striking a plea deal with will see the 65-year-old spend just over seven years in jail. Here’s my story:  B.C. drug-boat captain John […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:36:11 +0000

Occupants of two vehicles were engaged in a gunfight in Surrey’s Jonhson Heights neighbourhood Thursday evening. Surrey RCMP received reports of gun fire between two vehicles in the area of 96th Avenue and 148th Street at about 5:30 p.m. “The two vehicles were described as a white Ford Expedition type and a white Lexus or Infinity-type […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:36:04 +0000

The man accused of two gangland murders in 2017 and 2018 will be back in Surrey Provincial Court Monday morning for a pre-trial appearance. Tyrel Hieu Nguyen Quesnelle was arrested in Edmonton last month and charged with the murder of Randeep Kang, 27, in October 2017 and the slaying of Jagvir Malhi, just 19, a […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:08:15 +0000

An 18-year-old man suffered an injury to his left after a shooting near Willingdon Avenue and Burke Street Sunday night. Burnaby RCMP officers responded to a shots fired call about 10:15 p.m. and found a vehicle that had been shot up and the wounded teen nearby. “At this time, it appears as though the victim […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 23:53:06 +0000

I spent Friday in a Court of Appeal hearing for convicted killer Robbie Soomel. Last year he tried to get a faint hope hearing, but a judge denied him that opportunity saying it was unlikely a jury would knock time off his sentence given that he had killed “twice.” Soomel’s lawyer said Friday that the […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 23:45:23 +0000

It will be interesting to follow all the developments in policing in Surrey over the next year. Now the RCMP has a new officer in charge of the detachment, who will begin his new job in January. Here’s my story: Surrey’s new top cop looking forward to the challenge, even if it is short-lived KIM […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:10:06 +0000

Vancouver Police officers are investigating a shooting in Oppenheimer Park Thursday night that left one man with “non-life-threatening injuries.” VPD Const. Tania Visintin said in a news release that police were called to the park just after 5:30 p.m. and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to hospital. “Police deployed […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:00:38 +0000

Last year, Andrew Leach pleaded guilty to a number of trafficking and firearms offences so that his mom, sister and nephew would have their charges stayed. But he clearly didn’t like the lengthy sentence he was handed and appealed it. This week, he lost in the B.C. Court of Appeal. Here’s my story: Major B.C. […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:03:31 +0000

Here’s my latest on John Philip Stirling’s battle to get his U.S. charges dropped: Skipper says cartel loaded drugs for his ill-fated voyage KIM BOLAN  Updated: December 8, 2019 B.C. skipper John Stirling says a Mexican cartel loaded his sailboat full of fentanyl and methamphetamine in the Sea of Cortez last spring for an ill-fated […]

Credit to Author: Kim Bolan| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:31:51 +0000

Gangsters from the Brothers Keepers and United Nations gangs clashed inside a Yaletown restaurant before their fight spilled out onto the street, Vancouver Police said Monday. Sgt. Aaron Roed confirmed what Postmedia earlier reported about the fight involving rival gangs. And he said the VPD likely saved lives by responding “with Tactical Emergency Medical Services, […]