One of the victims in a plane crash in northwestern Ontario on Saturday was a fugitive wanted for murder by the Royal Thailand Police, said the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) in a Tuesday press release. .The press release said Canadian man Jimi Sandhu was killed in Thailand in February. The Royal Thailand Police identified Canadian men Gene Karl Lahrkamp and Mathew Dupre as suspects, according to the press release. .Following the murder, the press release said Lahrkamp and Dupre fled to Canada. It said the Royal Thailand Police charged Lahrkamp and Dupre with murder and contacted the Canadian Department of Justice to request assistance with tracking them down. .CFSEU-BC said Dupre was arrested in Alberta in February. He has been kept in police custody while he waits to be extradited. .CFSEU-BC, said the press release, was unable to locate Lahrkamp, which led to the police service teaming up with the Be on the Lookout (BOLO) program. BOLO identified him as No. 2 on their top 25 most wanted fugitives in Canada on April 26, offering a $100,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest. .A small plane with four people inside crashed near Sioux Lookout, Ont., on Saturday. All four people on board died. .CFSEU-BC said they confirmed Monday one of the four people killed in the crash was Lahrkamp. They said they have contacted the BOLO program and have spoken with Canadian and international police forces about the matter. .This news comes after Canada’s most wanted fugitive, Abilaziz Mohamed, was arrested after anonymous information was received about his location, hours after the BOLO campaign was launched. .“The message to all those on the BOLO list is clear,” said BOLO program director Max Langlois. “The entire country is on the lookout for you.” .A $250,000 reward was offered for Mohamed’s arrest at the launch of the BOLO program to incentivize people to send tips about the whereabouts of fugitives. .Jonathan Bradley is a Toronto-based contributor with the Western Standard jbradley@westernstandard.news
