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Two men wanted in killing of former Abbotsford gangster in Thailand – Agassiz Harrison Observer

Police in Thailand have issued arrest warrants for two Canadian men wanted for the killing of former Abbotsford gangster Jimi Sandhu.

Investigators have identified the suspects as Gene Karl Lahrkamp, 36, and Matthew Leandre Ovide Dupre, also 36.

Sandhu, 32, was gunned down Feb. 4 while getting out of his car at a beachside resort in Rawai, Phuket, where he apparently owned a villa.

Rawai is a village on the southeast coast of Phuket, Thailand’s largest island.

Thai police reported that two men had jumped out of the bushes and fired up to 20 shots at Sandhu as he got out of his vehicle.

Police said the two men left the scene and threw their weapons – two 9mm handguns, a CZ and a Walther – into the sea, but the guns were later retrieved in shallow water with the use of a metal detector.

The pair had arrived in Thailand on Dec. 18 and left on Feb. 6, according to…

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