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Kim Bolan

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Award-winning Canadian journalist at the Vancouver Sun/Postmedia covering organized crime. Canucks fan since 1970 (sigh) [email protected] 604-219-5740 WhatsApp/Signal

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Nov 9

My Lethal Exports series, published earlier this year based on research done in 6 countries with the assistance of a Lieutenant Governor's fellowship, will give you a sense of my work on B.C. gangs and their role in transnational organized crime. There is no paywall: vancouversun.com/feature/leth...

Lethal Exports: B.C. gangsters at the centre of a global drug trade

Crime reporter Kim Bolan travelled overseas to track major B.C. drug smugglers based in countries like Vietnam to avoid arrest back home.

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 1d

More from me on the Fraser Valley fentanyl lab busted by police Oct. 2nd. vancouversun.com/news/chilliw...

Police still at Chilliwack fentanyl super lab a week after search

Police and a specialized cleanup crew are still at the lab at 44843B South Sumas Rd. Kim Bolan reports.

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 3d

Links to BC for accused killers from other provinces on Canada’s most wanted list: Police vancouversun.com/news/crime/c...

Canada's No. 1 most wanted may be in Metro Vancouver, police warn

A Toronto gangster charged with murder could be hiding out in Vancouver, police told journalists as they revealed a list of Canada's 25 most-wanted fugitives.

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 10d

I was at in court for the start of the murder trial of Kane Carter, charged in a 2018 Vancouver shooting that left a 15-year-old bystander dead, along with a second victim who was also involved in the fatal gunfight. vancouversun.com/news/two-van...

Two Vancouver fatal shootings can be linked to accused killer: Prosecutor

Kane Carter faces two counts of second-degree murder in the fatal shootings of Kevin Whiteside and 15-year-old Alfred Wong

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 12d

Brendan Darby said he saw 2 shooters in dark clothes hit Walia in the parking lot on Oct. 22, 2022 and then saw Walia try to run away. "It looked like somebody trying to get out of the starting blocks, right? Like he was leaning over. He was trying to go fast, but he was stumbling and falling."

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 12d

Golfer recalls running to the aid of murder victim Vishal Walia after the 2022 shooting at the University Golf Course: vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Witness says victim tried to run from killers at golf course near UBC

Witness Brendan Darby was testifying at the trial of Balraj Singh Basra, charged with first-degree murder in the fatal 2022 parking lot shooting

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 17d

New story with police comment on Robby Alkhalil's capture in Qatar - police finally confirming what myself, La Presse and GlobalBC reported almost 3 weeks ago. vancouversun.com/news/crime/b...

B.C. gang killer Rabih Alkhalil tried to escape from Qatar police twice

Postmedia first reported Alkhalil’s arrest in the Middle East on Sept. 6, after confirming the information with several sources.

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 25d

Dramatic testimony at Day 2 of the trial of Balraj Basra, charged with a 2022 murder at the University Golf Course: vancouversun.com/news/rcmp-fe...

RCMP officer feared he would be shot during suspect chase after UBC golf course killing

Const. Robby Pawar: "I believed that I was about to get into a shooting or I was going to get shot at."

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · 26d

I'm at BC Supreme Court today for day 2 of the murder trial of Balraj Basran, charged in the Oct. 17, 2022 slaying of Vish Walia at the UBC golf course. Here's yesterday's story from my colleague: vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Police found 19 shell casings at UBC golf course killing, court told

Balraj Singh Basra, 25, is charged with first degree murder of Vishal Walia three years ago at the public golf course

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Winnipeg trial of BC Hells Angel and Wolfpack leader Damion Ryan has finally gotten underway this week - more than 3 years after his arrest. He has fired several lawyers and is currently representing himself. From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dealer-turned-informant helped RCMP bust Hells Angel in international drug trafficking scheme, court hears | CBC News

A member of the Hells Angels criminal organization was arrested thanks in part to a drug-dealer-turned-informant and undercover officers who slowly made incriminating connections to the man, beginning...

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 12

More on the Kamloops murder plot police say was uncovered/thwarted while investigating the Robby Alkhalil jail breakout: vancouversun.com/news/target-...

Target of Kamloops murder plot subject of RCMP warning

The Kamloops man allegedly targeted by three would-be assassins was the subject of a public warning by the RCMP last summer.

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 11

My latest on how fugitives (like Rabih Alkhalil) can be returned from countries without extradition treaties. vancouversun.com/news/getting...

Getting B.C. fugitive returned to Canada without a treaty is possible: experts

Getting someone wanted in Canada returned from abroad without an extradition treaty is challenging, but it can be done, legal experts say

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Meanwhile Van Gool is also charged with father-son duo Scott Telford and Bryce Telford with conspiracy to murder a Kamloops man last year. That matter was also put over for 7 days. Police uncovered the plot during the escape probe.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Quick appearance today in BC Supreme Court for 1 accused in Wolfpack killer Robby Alkhalil's 2022 escape from a BC jail. Ryan Van Gool will make a 2nd appearance Sept. 17. The other 2 Ottawa men charged didn't appear - Edward Ayoub is in jail in Ont and John Potvin is on the run

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks!

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Final Robby Alkhalil story today. I also went back to sources and again confirmed the killer was indeed arrested Friday in Qatar, though RCMP wasn't commenting on it Monday. Hopefully another news conference soon! vancouversun.com/news/three-m...

Three men charged with helping gang killer Robby Alkhalil escape B.C. jail

Anti-gang officers teamed with the RCMP's federal policing section to investigate Alkhalil's spectacular escape from the North Fraser pretrial jail on July 21, 2022.

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Updated story on the arrest of Wolfpack gang killer Robby Alkhalil - more details at scheduled news conference tomorrow. vancouversun.com/news/crime/f...

Fugitive B.C. killer Robby Alkhalil arrested in Qatar

Alkhalil escaped from the North Fraser pretrial jail in July 2022

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 7

I don’t have any more info than what police released.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just Friday.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Alkhalil escaped from North Fraser pretrial jail in July 2022, with the help of others. He was convicted of the first-degree murder of rival Sandip Duhre in August 2022 in absentia. He was already serving life for the 2012 murder in Toronto of Johnny Raposo.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Not many details yet, but I did confirm that fugitive killer Robby Alkhalil has been arrested in Qatar: vancouversun.com/news/crime/f...

Fugitive B.C. killer Robby Alkhalil arrested in Qatar

Alkhalil escaped from the North Fraser pretrial jail in July 2022

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 6

Mann, chief of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said gang-related homicides dropped in 2024 to just 16 from 46 the year before but youth recruitment remains a serious issue. There were just six in 2025 to the end of June.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Sep 6

Despite recent shootings, gang murders were way down in 2024 and the first half of 2025. My interview with Asst. Commissioner Manny Mann: vancouversun.com/news/bc-gang...

Gang violence way down as major players flee B.C. or are jailed: RCMP

Gang-related homicides dropped in 2024 to just 16 from 46 the year before but youth recruitment remains a serious issue

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Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Aug 21

No bomb found. People are allowed back into the area. RCMP now investigating who made the false call to the courthouse.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Bomb threat at the Prince George courthouse being investigated.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Bomb threat at the Prince George courthouse being investigated.

Kim Bolan @kimbolan.bsky.social · Aug 21

UPDATE: Surrey gangster Opinder Sian's US trial now expected to be next March, not Sept. 2 as first scheduled. Amazingly he was only arrested in June and will still get to trial in months (as opposed to years as is usual in Canada) vancouversun.com/news/surrey-...

Surrey gangster accused of drug smuggling around the globe agrees to U.S. trial delay

Surrey gangster Opinder Singh Sian, who is linked to the Brothers Keepers gang, is charged with conspiracy to export methamphetamine

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