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A New Westminster condominium allegedly linked to weapons trafficking and money laundering is the target of forfeiture by the province.

In a B.C. Supreme Court suit, the province, through the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office, also seeks to have forfeited $30,000 in cash seized at the condo by B.C. police.

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Named in the suit are Dean William Twiss and his wife, Eileen Michelle Wong.

Wong is listed as the owner of the mortgaged condo in the Queensborough neighbourhood of New Westminster, assessed at $614,000.

The civil forfeiture office seeks forfeiture of the condo as proceeds of crime and for money laundering. The accusations filed in the suit also include possession of weapons obtained by crime, production of drugs, possession of drugs for trafficking and failure to declare taxable income.

Neither party has responded to the civil suit that contains allegations not proven in court.

Neither Twiss or Wong have been charged criminally. The threshold for proving a civil forfeiture claim is lower than for a criminal conviction, a balance of probabilities instead of beyond a reasonable doubt.