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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle4201325/

Kelowna RCMP say they need reinforcements to combat a rise in gang and drug activity – with the public shooting death of Red Scorpions leader Jonathan Bacon being the most recent and most violent example.

Gang activity in the Okanagan city has been made more obvious ever since the Hells Angels established a chapter there in 2003. About eight gangs currently operate there, and nearly 70 per cent of the Kelowna RCMP’s work involves dealing with stabbings, robberies and murders that are related to either drug or gang activity.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...c-0a93fac60a20

Gang presence in Kelowna growing: RCMP

Bacon, a 30-year-old Red Scorpion, died outside the Delta Grand hotel in a hail of bullets fired at a Porsche Cayenne in which he and other gangsters were travelling. A Hells Angel and an Independent Soldier were also wounded in that attack.

Also last year, seven Okanagan men, including two full-patch Hells Angels, were charged in the June beating death of Kelowna resident Dain Phillips. The case was believed to be the first in the 28-year-history of the Hells Angels in B.C. where a club member was charged with murder.

In 2010, the RCMP's Federal Drug Enforcement Section also announced charges against Mexican nationals in two separate cocaine-smuggling operations, including one involving Kelowna residents.