Gang instability in Abbotsford opens lucrative market: "Arrests of high-ranking members in the UN Gang and the Red Scorpions has left a power vacuum in Abbotsford that other organized crime organizations are exploiting, police are saying.
Drug warrants executed by the Abbotsford Police Department the last week of September netted more than $80,000 in drugs and cash and four individuals with ties to the Duhre group, a gang APD Const. Ian MacDonald described as 'resurgent,' and that did not have vested interests in the community in previous years.
Investigators had been gathering intelligence on the group's operations in Abbotsford for more than 12 months, MacDonald said, adding that anyone reading a newspaper would know Abbotsford was ripe for muscling in on.
'I think they seized an opportunity,' MacDonald said"
Drug warrants executed by the Abbotsford Police Department the last week of September netted more than $80,000 in drugs and cash and four individuals with ties to the Duhre group, a gang APD Const. Ian MacDonald described as 'resurgent,' and that did not have vested interests in the community in previous years.
Investigators had been gathering intelligence on the group's operations in Abbotsford for more than 12 months, MacDonald said, adding that anyone reading a newspaper would know Abbotsford was ripe for muscling in on.
'I think they seized an opportunity,' MacDonald said"
