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A major drug processing facility in Langley was shipping product up north. by Matthew Claxton
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A drug gang from Aldergrove was the alleged organization behind almost $400,000 worth of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, and other chemicals found in a Langley home this month. A July 26 police search of the home in the 4600 block of 236th Street turned up the drugs, along with a press, scales, and other equipment. Officers say the drugs were for distribution by the 856 gang of Aldergrove. This was essentially a largescale processing facility, said Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, spokesperson for the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, (CFSEU) a province-wide anti-gang force. Three men, 23, 25, and 47, all from Langley, are now likely to face charges, said Houghton. All are thought to be high ranking 856 members. The arrests and the subsequent search of the house go back to a tip phoned in from a member of the public. Working with the Langley RCMP, the CFSEU began investigating in early July. On July 22, they arrived at the home on 236th. The house, a building approximately 10,000 square feet in size, has apparently been divided up into a number of separate suites inside, said Houghton. Police found one man they were looking for, and when searching him found a sizeable quantity of cocaine and methamphetamine, Houghton said. While officers were on scene, another two men drove up who were also targets of the investiga-
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Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of the CFSEU stands with almost $400,000 worth of drugs seized in a Langley house several days ago. tion. One was arrested immediHoughton. ately while the other made a run The superbuff is used to dilute for it. the cocaine and increase profits Police searched the nearby area for the dealers. for several hours before locating Police also seized scales, cofhim with the help of the Air One fee grinders labelled “down” helicopter, canine units, and local for heroin or “CSB” for cocaine RCMP. superbuff, and a sizeable The arrests led to a search of hydraulic press. The press, along one apartment within the house, with a custom-made metal box, Houghton said. was used for re-compressing the “Investigators cocaine into bricks found large quanafter it had been “It’s used for tities of drugs,” cut with superbuff. agriculture, in pigs, to said Houghton. They also found They seized cocaine that had de-worm them.” 2.514 kilograms been cooked into Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of cocaine worth crack. $150,000, 3.864 The 856 gang kilograms of took its name from methamphetamine worth about the prefix for Aldergrove phone $100,000, 522 grams of heroin numbers. worth $55,000, 123 oxycontin Born about a decade ago as a pills worth about $3,700, and 44 low-level gang of young street kilograms of a substance known dealers, the group has grown as “superbuff.” across the province and across Superbuff is a chemical formalCanada, even as its profile in ly known as phenacetin, which Langley and the Lower Mainland was used decades ago as a painhas remained relatively low. killer for humans. Its present use “Their presence here in the is not as appealing. Lower Mainland isn’t as promin“It’s used for agriculture, in ent as it is in some other compigs, to de-worm them,” said munities,” said Houghton.
Other, more famous local gangs such as the Red Scorpions, UN Gang, or others control the local drug trade. “They [856] have looked to other communities where there my be gaps in the drug market,” Houghton said. The drugs found in the house were likely intended for distribution to northern B.C. communities and even the Yukon. Last December, Yellowknife RCMP launched Operation Goblin, a series of drug raids against what they said were members of 856 who had set up operations there. Recent raids haven’t stopped the gang from trying to find new members. “They’re still recruiting, both locally and in the communities they’ve expanded to,” said Houghton. The seizure of a sizeable amount of drugs, equipment, and phenacetin will have a significant impact on the gang, Houghton said. “We’re still looking into the activities of the 856 group,” Houghton said.
A Langley teenager had his Lexus impounded after he was stopped while driving at almost 200 km/h in Clinton, B.C., on Friday afternoon. On July 25 at 2:50 p.m. an officer with the Clinton RCMP was doing radar checks on Highway 97 near 83 mile road, a stretch with a 100 km/h speed limit. The officer saw a red vehicle
seven-day car impoundment. This is the second incident in recent weeks of a Langley resident being caught speeding excessively outside of Langley. On July 22, a young man was stopped while driving at 155 km/ h in a 60 km/h zone in the middle of the night in Perth County, Ont. That driver was charged with racing a motor vehicle.
passing other cars in the two northbound lanes, said Const. Kris Clark, with the Kelowna RCMP. The officer turned on his lights and sirens, and pulled over the Lexus. A 19-year-old from Langley was given a violation ticket for excessive speed. The ticket carries a fine of $483 and a mandatory
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