A former Hells Angels clubhouse that was seized by the British Columbia government in 2023 after years of fighting in court has been sold to the City of Kelowna.
A statement from Public Safety Minister Garry Begg says the sale of the home in Kelowna includes a “right of entry,” which means the province’s civil forfeiture office can take the property back if it is ever acquired and used for organized crime in the future.
The property, with an assessed value of $1.25 million, was one of three Hells Angels clubhouses in Vancouver, Kelowna and Nanaimo that were forfeited to the province last year after the Supreme Court of Canada chose not to hear an appeal of the civil forfeiture process.
A statement from Begg’s ministry says it’s not able to disclose the sale price before it’s registered with the land titles office.
A statement from the City of Kelowna …