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Calgary police crack cold case, contract killing in Saskatoon drug war

CALGARY – Calgary police have arrested two men for an alleged contract killing that took place seven years ago in Saskatchewan.

Isho Hana was chased down and shot on a Saskatoon street in April 2004.

Police believe he was killed due to an escalating drug turf war in the city.

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Neil Lee Yakimchuk and Kennith Jacob Tingle, both 31, are charged with first-degree murder.

Police say they are also gathering evidence against others who played a role in Hana’s death.

The two accused, along with a third man, were charged earlier this year with the first-degree murder of another man in Calgary.

Juan Carlos Dequina was found dead in his car in December 2008.

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