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The police drug unit has been watching the store on Vanness and Rupert streets s

East Van pot shop raid latest in crackdown on illegal dispensaries

The raid marks the latest of 11 warrants have been served on suspected illegal marijuana stores across Vancouver.

Gun death in downtown Vancouver: suspected gang execution

Another gun-related death in Vancouver: this time, a brazen shooting in Vancouver's upscale Sheraton's Bar One restaurant. This is the city's first murder of 2012.

There's no loyalty among drug buddies, cops say in wake of gang-boss killing

"Wolf packs are not as tight as you think they are," says RCMP officer.

Targeted shooting in Kelowna kills gangster Jonathan Bacon

Notorious Red Scorpion member had been target of earlier assassination attempts, this time shot in busy tourist venue.