Both Duncan Bailey, left, and Gene Carl Larkamp were wanted on charges of gang murder and attempted murder. The two men died in a mysterious plane crash last week. (Duncan Bailey / Facebook, BOLO Top 25 / CFSEU BC – image credit)
One of the two fugitives killed in a mysterious Ontario plane crash is a former Calgary gangster with a long criminal history, including “widespread violence” crimes, according to the Canada Probation Council.
On Saturday, four men, including two pilots, were killed after a four-seater Piper PA 28-140 crashed in a wooded area near Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Two of the men were wanted on charges of gang murder, including 37-year-old Duncan Bailey, who court records show has a long history of drug trafficking and organized crime in Alberta and British Columbia.
He once served a 10-year sentence for kidnapping and aggravating sentences in Calgary.
At the time of her death, Bailey was awaiting trial for the assassination attempt on Mir Hussein, who was shot dead in 2020 when he left a pub in Vancouver while carrying a baby in a car seat.
The second man wanted by orders was Gene Carl Larkamp, a suspected international assassin and former Canadian military man accused of executing a former high-level gangster in the BC in Thailand.
Until his death on Saturday, there was a $ 100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Larkamp, Canada’s number two most wanted man.
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Relationships between gangs and rivals
It is still unclear how and why Bailey and Larkamp ended up together on the small private jet.
But the two have had links to organized crime groups in British Columbia that are linked.
According to court documents, Bailey had ties to the Independent Soldiers, which is affiliated with BC and the Red Deer-based band Red Scorpion.
Larkamp was accused of killing Jimmy Sandu, who was once accused of killing a high-ranking member of the Red Scorpions.
Sandhu, who was killed in February, was linked to the United Nations (UN) gang, a staunch rival of the Red Scorpions.
The UN and the Red Scorpions have been involved in a fierce fight to control the illicit drug trade in BC Lower Mainland.
BC’s anti-gang unit is investigating the relationship between the two men, which may help explain why they were on the same plane.
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$ 400,000 seized from Okotox’s home
Hussein survived the attack in 2020, but was shot seven months later. No one was arrested in the murder.
In 2021, Bailey was accused of receiving nearly $ 400,000 – confiscated from a home in Ocotox – as payment for the assassination attempt on Hussein. This money is now subject to confiscation proceedings in the BC
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Bailey was released on bail pending conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.
Police issued arrest warrants for Bailey last week, accusing him of violating release conditions on April 23 and 26.
Four days later, Bailey’s body was found in the wreckage of the crash, along with Larkamp and the two pilots, whose connections to the BBC gangsters are unknown.
Bailey was sent to prison for kidnapping
Bailey has been in and out of jail throughout his adult life, according to Canadian Parole Board documents.
The decision of the parole board, issued in November 2016, overturned Bailey’s release because, despite the deferred charges, the risk to his community was found to be too high.
“You have a criminal history that has shown widespread violence, including gun violence,” board member G. Gunn wrote in his ruling.
These documents stem from a 10-year sentence (seven years and 10 months with respect to time served) handed to Bailey after a Calgary judge found him guilty of kidnapping and assault in 2010, a year after Bailey was convicted of drug trafficking.
In 2014, Bailey reached his legal release date, which means he has served two-thirds of his sentence and was released on parole in conditions to help reintegrate.
Bailey gets on board: “I made a bad choice”
Bailey did well for a while; he kept to curfew and had work to clean and paint.
But two years later, Bailey was charged after police found a Glock pistol in the back seat of his car.
Bailey was charged, but the case was eventually dropped due to “problems with the search and seizure” of the investigation, according to a parole board document.
Hoping to return to freedom, Bailey said on board that he had “made a bad choice” and called himself an “idiot”, but declined to explain the circumstances surrounding the gun.
The council was concerned not only with the weapons found in Bailey’s car, but also with the money he spent.
Spending money on past crimes
One of the special conditions for Bailey’s release was the provision of financial information to his conditional supervisor.
The board expressed concern about the legitimacy of Bailey’s bank statements, noting that the proceeds from his work as a cleaner and painter had been deposited in a bank account but had never been touched.
“It has been found that you regularly use funds that are actually proceeds of crime from some of your current crimes in the index.”
Bailey, the board said, was of the opinion that it was good to use the proceeds of crime.
He justified it by telling them: “I am already serving a sentence for this.”
But the board did not buy it.
“Manipulative behavior is a cause for concern and is indicative of an increased risk of recidivism,” Gunn wrote.
“Operation High Lunch”
Before being sent to the abduction prison, Bailey was involved in what Calgary police described in 2009 as the largest cocaine seizure in Alberta’s history.
In January 2008, an investigation called “Operation Lunch” began investigating a drug trafficking network between British Columbia and Alberta that involved transporting large quantities of cocaine between the two provinces, police said.
Police eventually charged 14 people in 2008 and 2009 after investigators seized 80 kilograms of cocaine worth about $ 8 million plus more than $ 300,000 in cash.
Court records show Bailey pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and received three years in prison plus a 10-year ban on firearms.
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