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B.C. Looking to Seize White Rock Man's 2 Homes in Organized Crime Probe
The province says the homes were bought with unlawful proceeds and used in a drug-trafficking network tied to international smuggling.
- On July 10, the British Columbia Director of Civil Forfeiture filed a claim to seize two homes belonging to alleged drug trafficking boss Ravinder Singh Dhanda, assessed at $3.7 million and $2.7 million.
- Dhanda's arrest in "Operation Hard Ball" prompted the forfeiture action, as the major international crackdown targeted three India-based transnational organized crime groups and left him in custody awaiting extradition.
- The claim alleges Dhanda and spouse Manjit Kaur Dhanda lacked sufficient lawful income to acquire the properties, which were purportedly used to facilitate "unlawful activity" including drug smuggling across borders.
- On Wednesday, Dhanda appeared in B.C. Supreme Court for an extradition hearing while defendants face a 21-day deadline to file a response to the forfeiture claim or risk judgment against the assets.
- Over 20 years, the Director of Civil Forfeiture has seized assets totaling more than $221 million. If sold, funds from these properties will support crime prevention and community safety grants.
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Peninsula News ReviewB.C. looking to seize White Rock man’s 2 homes in organized crime probe
The B.C. government is attempting to seize two multimillion-dollar homes belonging to a White Rock man recently arrested in a significant U.S. federal investigation into Indian organized crime groups. The investigation, called “Operation Hard Ball,” has led to more than two dozen arrests of individuals connected to three Indian-based transnational organized crime groups: Lawrence Bishnoi, Ravinder Dhanda and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria. Law enforcement i…
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