Eight alleged UN gang members facing charges By: The Canadian Press Date: Friday May. 15, 2009 9:34 PM PT The RCMP appears to have delivered a major blow against organized crime in British Columbia. On Friday, eight men who police say are members of the United Nations Gang were charged with conspiracy to murder three brothers - the Bacon Brothers -- who investigators believe are at the top of a rival gang. The United Nations (UN) gang is at the centre of the violent drug war playing out on the streets of Metro Vancouver. For three years, the RCMP's organized crime unit says it has been watching the UN gang, documenting the group's drug smuggling activities between Canada, the US and South America. "This group is one of the highest levels, creators of violence in this area," said Supt. Doug Kiloh of the Combined Force Enforcement Unit. Four of the gang members were arrested on Friday during simultaneous raids, but one -- Dilun Heng -- remains outstanding. Last year, American authorities nabbed UN founder Clayton Roueche in the United States. He has pleaded guilty to trafficking charges. Yet police in Canada were having difficulty gathering evidence In spite of that, it was wiretaps that may bring down the UN gang. Police say conversations they overheard involved a plan to kill rivals, the Bacon brothers. "The goal was to maintain public safety by stopping the increasing violence, while ensuring those responsible were brought to justice,'' said Cpl. Dale Carr of he RCMP's ...