Kim Bolan
@kimbolan.bsky.social
Award-winning Canadian journalist at the Vancouver Sun/Postmedia covering organized crime. Canucks fan since 1970 (sigh) kbolan@postmedia.com 604-219-5740 WhatsApp/Signal
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Kim Bolan
@kimbolan.bsky.social
· Nov 9
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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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...
Frida and I wish you all a Merry Christmas! Fingers crossed for 2026!
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Frida and I wish you all a Merry Christmas! Fingers crossed for 2026!
Scoop: Wolfpack hitman Dean Wiwchar was sentenced to 20 years Friday for his role in 2 murder plots. On Saturday he allegedly tried to make a break from jail. vancouversun.com/news/convict...
Convicted Wolfpack hitman allegedly attempts a second B.C. jail break
A day after a B.C. Supreme Court judge wished Wolfpack hitman Dean Wiwchar well in changing his life for the better, the killer allegedly attempted to escape from Surrey Pretrial jail, Postmedia has l...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scoop: Wolfpack hitman Dean Wiwchar was sentenced to 20 years Friday for his role in 2 murder plots. On Saturday he allegedly tried to make a break from jail. vancouversun.com/news/convict...
Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian, had been dubbed the Asian "El Chapo" for his success in the meth business. But he'll now spend the next few years behind bars....https://vancouversun.com/news/canadian-meth-kingpin-sentenced-to-16-years-in-australia
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian, had been dubbed the Asian "El Chapo" for his success in the meth business. But he'll now spend the next few years behind bars....https://vancouversun.com/news/canadian-meth-kingpin-sentenced-to-16-years-in-australia
FINAL version of this story today with details from the court document: vancouversun.com/news/bc-file...
B.C. files lawsuit to seize three more Hells Angels clubhouses
Two years after seizing three clubhouses from the Hells Angels, the province is going after others in Surrey, Mission and Pitt Meadows.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
FINAL version of this story today with details from the court document: vancouversun.com/news/bc-file...
Early version of my story - FYI, the first lawsuit against Nanaimo, Kelowna and East End clubhouses took 16 YEARS to resolve!!
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B.C. files lawsuit to seize three more Hells Angels clubhouses
Two years after seizing three clubhouses from the Hells Angels, the province is going after others in Surrey, Mission and Pitt Meadows.
vancouversun.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Early version of my story - FYI, the first lawsuit against Nanaimo, Kelowna and East End clubhouses took 16 YEARS to resolve!!
vancouversun.com/news/bc-file...
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BC government files claims against 3 more Hells Angels clubhouses - in Surrey, Mission and Pitt Meadows. This follows the seizure of the Nanaimo, East End and Kelowna clubhouses in 2023. Full story to be posted soon: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Disrupting organized crime in B.C.
Civil Forfeiture Office files claim against three Hells Angels clubhouses
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December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
BC government files claims against 3 more Hells Angels clubhouses - in Surrey, Mission and Pitt Meadows. This follows the seizure of the Nanaimo, East End and Kelowna clubhouses in 2023. Full story to be posted soon: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Story on today's announcement: vancouversun.com/news/police-...
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Story on today's announcement: vancouversun.com/news/police-...
Canadian police announce that 100 agencies seized 386 kg of fentanyl, 270 kg of precursors and arrested
217 people for trafficking fentanyl while on bail between May 20 to October 31, 2025. Also seized: $13.46 million,
5,989 kg of cocaine and 1,708 kg of methamphetamine.
217 people for trafficking fentanyl while on bail between May 20 to October 31, 2025. Also seized: $13.46 million,
5,989 kg of cocaine and 1,708 kg of methamphetamine.
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Canadian police announce that 100 agencies seized 386 kg of fentanyl, 270 kg of precursors and arrested
217 people for trafficking fentanyl while on bail between May 20 to October 31, 2025. Also seized: $13.46 million,
5,989 kg of cocaine and 1,708 kg of methamphetamine.
217 people for trafficking fentanyl while on bail between May 20 to October 31, 2025. Also seized: $13.46 million,
5,989 kg of cocaine and 1,708 kg of methamphetamine.
Surrey's latest murder victim, Jaskaran Birring, 26, was involved in the drug trade. Had previous convictions for unlawful confinement, assault and resisting a police officer. Shot to death Nov. 28, 11:40 pm near 152nd and 104th. Case linked to "organized crime," police say.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Surrey's latest murder victim, Jaskaran Birring, 26, was involved in the drug trade. Had previous convictions for unlawful confinement, assault and resisting a police officer. Shot to death Nov. 28, 11:40 pm near 152nd and 104th. Case linked to "organized crime," police say.
Final story from tonight's Vancouver Police anti-extortion forum in Vancouver: vancouversun.com/news/crime/v...
Vancouver Police urge South Asian community not to pay extortion demands
VPD officers held a forum for the city's South Asian community Wednesday night about the violent trend that has hit parts of the Lower Mainland hard
vancouversun.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Final story from tonight's Vancouver Police anti-extortion forum in Vancouver: vancouversun.com/news/crime/v...
My second story on this busy Wednesday, about Gursewak Singh Bal, known better as @6ixademiks. Now he's accused in the US of conspiracy to commit murder. Before he was known only as a controversial crime blogger. vancouversun.com/news/crime-b...
Crime blog seized by the FBI was under investigation in B.C.
Gursewak Singh Bal, the founder of The Dirty Newz, was charged with nine others in the U.S. with conspiracy to kill a government witness
vancouversun.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My second story on this busy Wednesday, about Gursewak Singh Bal, known better as @6ixademiks. Now he's accused in the US of conspiracy to commit murder. Before he was known only as a controversial crime blogger. vancouversun.com/news/crime-b...
While alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding remains a fugitive, a B.C. drug kingpin pleads guilty to smuggling meth in California. vancouversun.com/news/bc-drug...
B.C. drug kingpin pleads guilty to smuggling meth in California
A Surrey gangster linked to the Brothers Keepers has pleaded guilty in California for his role in smuggling methamphetamine around the globe
vancouversun.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
While alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding remains a fugitive, a B.C. drug kingpin pleads guilty to smuggling meth in California. vancouversun.com/news/bc-drug...
I had an interesting chat today with Harley Guindon about his revived Satan's Choice biker club. He just opened an Abbotsford chapter in a province where the Hells Angels dominate: vancouversun.com/news/crime/f...
Former Hells Angel brings revived biker club Satan's Choice to Abbotsford
Former Ontario Hells Angel Harley Guindon says he’s not bringing the revived Satan’s Choice biker club to B.C. to start any trouble.
vancouversun.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I had an interesting chat today with Harley Guindon about his revived Satan's Choice biker club. He just opened an Abbotsford chapter in a province where the Hells Angels dominate: vancouversun.com/news/crime/f...
Today is the 27th anniversary of the assassination of journalist Tara Singh Hayer - killed after exposing the Air India suspects and agreeing to testify in the terrorism case. I wrote this on the 20th anniversary. Shocking that no one has ever been charged. vancouversun.com/news/crime/j...
Journalist Tara Singh Hayer's assassination still unsolved 20 years after fatal shooting
Already paralyzed from a 1988 assassination attempt, he was transferring himself from his car to his wheelchair when his killer or killers struck. He didn’t stand a…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today is the 27th anniversary of the assassination of journalist Tara Singh Hayer - killed after exposing the Air India suspects and agreeing to testify in the terrorism case. I wrote this on the 20th anniversary. Shocking that no one has ever been charged. vancouversun.com/news/crime/j...
Wall Centre hitman apologized in court Friday for killing rival gangster Sandip Duhre in 2012. He earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will be sentenced next month. vancouversun.com/news/wall-ce...
Wall Centre hitman should get 20 years for conspiracy, B.C. court hears
Feud that led to murder of gangster Sandip Duhre in Vancouver started off as conflict between school kids, the dead man's dad said. Read on.
vancouversun.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wall Centre hitman apologized in court Friday for killing rival gangster Sandip Duhre in 2012. He earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will be sentenced next month. vancouversun.com/news/wall-ce...
Updated story on fatal Burnaby shooting: vancouversun.com/news/man-dea...
Victim in Burnaby shooting was connected to drug trade: IHIT
Vehicle found soon after the shooting ablaze in the Central Park area
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November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Updated story on fatal Burnaby shooting: vancouversun.com/news/man-dea...
Wonderful tribute to the late Tom Barrett by David Beers. Remembering the Quiet Brilliance of Tom Barrett via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Remembering the Quiet Brilliance of Tom Barrett | The Tyee
His decades of reporting for the Vancouver Sun earned deep respect. Then he became an early pillar of The Tyee.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wonderful tribute to the late Tom Barrett by David Beers. Remembering the Quiet Brilliance of Tom Barrett via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Closing arguments at the Winnipeg trial of BC Hells Angel/Wolfpack gangster Damion Ryan on drug conspiracy charges via CBC reporter Bryce Hoye - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Strong 'evidence of a conspiracy' enough to convict alleged Hells Angels drug trafficker, prosecutors argue | CBC News
The case against an alleged high-level Hells Angel is so strong, despite attempts to conceal his identity as a shot-caller in a drug-trafficking network, that he must be found guilty, Crown prosecutor...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Closing arguments at the Winnipeg trial of BC Hells Angel/Wolfpack gangster Damion Ryan on drug conspiracy charges via CBC reporter Bryce Hoye - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Another surprise guilty plea today in a high-profile gang murder - vancouversun.com/news/wolfpac...
Wolfpack hitman pleads guilty in 2012 killing at Vancouver's Wall Centre
Almost 14 years after gangster Sandip Duhre was gunned down at the Sheraton Wall Centre, a Wolfpack hitman admitted he pulled the trigger.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Another surprise guilty plea today in a high-profile gang murder - vancouversun.com/news/wolfpac...
I was back at the Vancouver Law Courts today for the sentencing of Balraj Basra in the 2022 murder of Vish Walia. No remorse expressed by the killer, who got 25 to life. vancouversun.com/news/gang-ki...
Gang killer sentenced to life for Vancouver golf course murder
Judge says Balraj Singh Basra showed “a callous disregard for human life” when he and an associate gunned down Vishal Walia in 2022.
vancouversun.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I was back at the Vancouver Law Courts today for the sentencing of Balraj Basra in the 2022 murder of Vish Walia. No remorse expressed by the killer, who got 25 to life. vancouversun.com/news/gang-ki...
More than 46 kilos of meth, fentanyl and cocaine found at one of two houses the govt wants to keep. vancouversun.com/news/crime/b...
B.C. wants to keep two Surrey properties linked to drug operation
A lawsuit earlier this month alleges that the properties — jointly assessed at $5.3 million — have been used 'to engage in unlawful activities'
vancouversun.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
More than 46 kilos of meth, fentanyl and cocaine found at one of two houses the govt wants to keep. vancouversun.com/news/crime/b...
Shocking murder in the Valley - Abbotsford businessman shot dead in car Monday morning - vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Abbotsford businessman shot dead in car Monday morning
Well-liked entrepreneur Darshan Singh Sahsi was targeted by a gunman just as he stepped into his vehicle
vancouversun.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shocking murder in the Valley - Abbotsford businessman shot dead in car Monday morning - vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
This murder case wrawpped up faster than expected with two guilty verdicts from the jury - vancouversun.com/news/surrey-...
Surrey hitman convicted in golf course murder near UBC
A B.C. Supreme Court jury has convicted a young hitman of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting three years ago.
vancouversun.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This murder case wrawpped up faster than expected with two guilty verdicts from the jury - vancouversun.com/news/surrey-...
UPDATED story with reaction from the investigating agencies calling this good news - but not commenting on the fact the murder charge will likely be stayed or dropped. vancouversun.com/news/crime/u...
Gangster pleads guilty in Bacon brothers murder plot
UN gang member Conor D'Monte pleads guilty to conspiracy to kill Red Scorpion rivals Jonathan, Jarrod and Jamie Bacon more than 15 years ago
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October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
UPDATED story with reaction from the investigating agencies calling this good news - but not commenting on the fact the murder charge will likely be stayed or dropped. vancouversun.com/news/crime/u...