Brothers Keepers gang member in B.C. sentenced to 11 years in prison [Video]

A member of the Brothers Keepers gang in British Columbia, which police describe as an “extremely violent organized crime group,” has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on drug-trafficking charges.

Amandeep Singh Kang, 31, pleaded guilty in November to trafficking in controlled substances for the benefit of a criminal organization and conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances.

At his sentencing hearing earlier this month, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Riley described the drugs Kang was connected with as the “worst, most dangerous, and addictive illegal drugs that plague our society,” specifically fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine in “substantial amounts.”

The Vancouver man was one of six people arrested and charged in 2021, following a three-year investigation by B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC) into the Brothers Keepers group.

The provincial anti-gang task force says the Brothers Keepers emerged on B.C.’s organized crime landscape in 2017 and were in immediate and violent conflict with rival groups, including …