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Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema had been trying to muscle his way back into the lucrative B.C. drug trade before he was gunned down
Wednesday. In the process, Cheema disrespected some of his former underlings who have moved up in the business since the 43-year-old went to jail. Some close to Cheema, as well as police sources, believe recent disputes with old associates could have led to the gangland execution of the former south slope crime boss in front of his parents' house on East 61st Avenue. "He was trying to step into his old role," one friend said. "He didn't realize that things have changed."
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berry farms during summer break from the ages of 10 to 15, following which he worked as a janitor at night while attending high school. After graduating from high school in 1986, Cheema went to college, studying criminal justice while working as a bouncer and then as a truck driver. Cheema claimed
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He was killed on 2 May 2012, in a targeted drive-by shooting, just three months after being released from prison for the attempted sale of 200 kilograms of heroin. According to crime journalist Kim Bolan and her police sources, "Since returning from a
California prison three months ago, longtime
209:, who was accused of murdering gangster brothers Jimsher "Jimmy" Singh Dosanjh and Ranjit "Ron" Singh Dosanjh, Cheema was identified as an associate of Johal and a major drug distributor involved in cocaine trafficking. In August 1995, Cheema was shot at the Zodiac Karaoke nightclub in
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faced controversy after writing to a U.S. District Court judge on official House of
Commons stationery in support of Cheema. Cheema was imprisoned in California until being released in 2012, when he returned to Vancouver and attempted to return to drug smuggling.
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nightclub on
November 19, 1993; as it was alleged by her that the men had bumped into her and caused trouble which caused Ranjit to intervene on her behalf, prior to this he had no criminal record. In the May 1995 trial of
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gangs for cocaine. He would not be extradited for another decade as he filed numerous appeals.
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that he wanted to become a police officer while in college.
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841:"Ranjit Cheema's Two Decades on Vancouver's South Slope"
484:"B.C. gangster gunned down in drive-by hit: Toronto Sun"
179:. During his childhood, Cheema moved with his family to
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Cheema was married and had a daughter born in 2004.
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603:"The unspoken alcohol problem among UK Punjabis"
677:"Drug trade fuelled spate of revenge slayings"
357:"B.C. Liberal regrets supporting trafficker"
1060:People murdered by Canadian organized crime
450:"Dhaliwal says he made a mistake: CTV News"
18:Canadian gangster and drug trader (d. 2012)
1010:Canadian people convicted of drug offences
731:"United States of America v. Cheema et al"
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517:"Ranj Cheema's Letter To The Court"
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957:Bolan, Kim (May 2, 2012).
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92:Targeted drive-by shooting
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460:. September 11, 2008.
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651:"Ranjit Singh Cheema"
363:. September 10, 2008.
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583:. February 23, 2019
555:. February 16, 2021
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196:Criminal activities
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105:cocaine trafficking
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44:Ranjit Singh Cheema
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789:. November 2, 2007
737:. October 22, 2004
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488:Toronto Sun
424:Global News
141:Bindy Johal
137:drug trader
101:Drug trader
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871:Canada.com
843:. Canada:
785:. Canada:
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553:Al Jazeera
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303:References
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151:Early life
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254:reporter
238:Colombian
129:Vancouver
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910:Archived
462:Archived
458:CTV News
428:Archived
379:CBC News
335:Archived
286:See also
230:Pakistan
211:Richmond
157:Jat Sikh
133:gangster
111:Children
260:Burnaby
245:premier
181:England
522:Scribd
383:CBC.ca
173:Punjab
161:Cheema
59:Punjab
177:India
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