Close X
Friday, September 20, 2024
ADVT 
National

Two Well-Known B.C. Gang Associates Sentenced For Role In Drug Operation

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Jan, 2016 11:50 AM
    VANCOUVER — Police say a well-known B.C. gang associate whose rap sheet includes the attempted murder of two officers is returning to prison.
     
    Thirty-four-year-old Isaac Drennan has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearms charges and has been sentenced to seven years in prison, but will serve five because of his time spent in pre-trial custody.
     
    The Combined Forces Special Enforcement says Drennan's associate, 34-year-old Dustin Wadsworth, has been found guilty of trafficking and breach of a court order and handed a two-year jail sentence.
     
    Police said previously that officers found heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and a handgun during an Oct. 9, 2014 search of Drennan's residence in Esquimalt, B.C.
     
    They say they also found $58,000 in cash, ecstasy, a drug-cutting agent, scales and a GPS tracking device during an October 2014 search of Wadsworth's Vancouver home. 
     
    Drennan was previously convicted of attempted murder after an officer in New Westminster was shot in the leg and another was hit in the body armour in March 2003.
     
    Police say Drennan and Wadsworth are well-known to police for associating with gangs.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Royal Bank To Hike Some Mortgage Rates Starting Friday

    Royal Bank To Hike Some Mortgage Rates Starting Friday
    Royal Bank of Canada says its special offer five-year fixed mortgage goes up one-tenth of a point to 3.04 per cent.

    Royal Bank To Hike Some Mortgage Rates Starting Friday

    2015 Was A Record Year For Housing Sales In Toronto Area: Real Estate Board

    2015 Was A Record Year For Housing Sales In Toronto Area: Real Estate Board
    The number of sales last year through TREB realtors totalled 101,299 — up 9.2 per cent from 2014.

    2015 Was A Record Year For Housing Sales In Toronto Area: Real Estate Board

    Visionary Canadian Avant-garde Jazz Pianist Paul Bley Dies

    Visionary Canadian Avant-garde Jazz Pianist Paul Bley Dies
    Bley died Sunday of natural causes at his winter residence in Stuart, Florida, said Tina Pelikan, publicist for the ECM record label, citing family members.

    Visionary Canadian Avant-garde Jazz Pianist Paul Bley Dies

    Case Of Men Charged In Quebec Armoured-Car Heists Back In Court Next Month

    Case Of Men Charged In Quebec Armoured-Car Heists Back In Court Next Month
    Paul Thomas Bryntwick 64, David Stachula, 47, Serge Fournier, 64, Gary Marsden, 63, and Walter Butt, who turns 55 on Thursday, were arrested just before Christmas.

    Case Of Men Charged In Quebec Armoured-Car Heists Back In Court Next Month

    Aboriginal Leader Drops Lawsuit Against Winnipeg Teacher Over Facebook Comments

    WINNIPEG — A Manitoba indigenous leader has dropped a lawsuit against a high school teacher over Facebook comments that called aboriginals lazy.

    Aboriginal Leader Drops Lawsuit Against Winnipeg Teacher Over Facebook Comments

    Ukrainian Immigrants To Be Celebrated Throughout Saskatchewan In 2016

    Ukrainian Immigrants To Be Celebrated Throughout Saskatchewan In 2016
    REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says 2016 will be marked as the Year of Ukrainians in the province.

    Ukrainian Immigrants To Be Celebrated Throughout Saskatchewan In 2016