Surrey man one of two charged in Vancouver murder
Ronak Wagad was abducted from his Vancouver apartment in February. His body was found earlier this month and men from Surrey and North Vancouver are charged with murder.
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Updated: July 22, 2009 12:41 PM
A 31-year-old Surrey man is one of two men now charged in connection with the abduction and murder of a man in Vancouver in February.
Charles Anthony Leslie of Surrey was arrested last Friday for the killing of 31-year-old Ronak Wagad, a South Asian man abducted Feb. 23 from his Vancouver apartment.
Babak Najafi-Chaghabouri, 27, of North Vancouver was arrested Sunday.
Both men are charged with first-degree murder, abduction and forcible confinement.
RCMP spokesperson Tim Shields said both the accused men and the victim were involved in the mid-level drug trade.
Wagad's remains were discovered July 8 near the Peters Road exit off Highway 1 east of Chilliwack.
"Three families have now been changed forever, which is another example of the destruction of lives through the drug trade," Shields said.
"Drug trafficking is a lose-lose proposition," he added. "The users lose, the traffickers lose, their families lose, our communities lose – we all lose."
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