Independent Soldiers

Independent Soldiers
FoundedEarly 1990s
Founders
  • Manjinder (Robbie) Singh Kandola[1]
  • Gerpal (Paul) Singh Dosanjh[2] & Sukhvinder Singh (Bicky) Dosanjh[2]
  • Manjit Singh "Mike" Adiwal & Parminder Singh "Peter” Adiwal
  • Sukhvir Singh Deo
Founding locationVancouver, British Columbia
Years activeEarly 1990s - Present
Territory
EthnicityPredominantly Indo-Canadian and various other ethnicities
Criminal activitiesAssassination, Drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, weapon trafficking, illegal gambling, robbery, chop shop, assault, loan sharking, racketeering, extortion, contract killing and kidnapping
Allies
Rivals

The Independent Soldiers (otherwise known as the IS gang) is an organized crime group based in British Columbia, Canada that is engaged in organized crime across the nation and in Canadian prisons.[11][12]

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  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference gangs-in-bc-cfseu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).