The BC government is going after an Osoyoos family under an act designed to recover the proceeds of crime.

Civil Forfeiture Act CPT 29 (2005)

In documents obtained by ODN – The director of the Civil Forfeiture Office in Victoria (Ministry of Justice) has launched a civil case to be heard in Kelowna for the recovery of monies and property in the possession of Kevin Van Kalkeren, his company KVK Enterprises and his parents.

The civil claim KEL S S 96534 was filed in the Kelowna Registry on September 12. Other claims are being made against real estate owned by the named family.

It talks to seizures August 25 at 15414 and 15420-89th Street north of Osoyoos and monies in a safety deposit box at the CIBC on September 4 in Osoyoos. Total monies recovered in Canadian and American current was $125 thousand dollars.

On August 27, Kevin Van Kalkeren was charged with Conspiracy to Import a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Traffic a Controlled Substance along with members of the Kelowna Chapter of the Hell’s Angels. RCMP allege Van Kalkeren used marijuana to purchase cocaine for importation into Canada worth $4 million.