There will be no clean getaway for at least five of the drivers involved in a spectacular exotic-car street race last week.
The RCMP and Solicitor General Shirley Bond announced Thursday that the province is going forward with the civil-forfeiture process to permanently seize five of the 13 super cars busted in a Deas Island street race.
Bond said the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office is compiling its case now and will file a claim in B.C. Supreme Court next week.
“This kind of behaviour is not going to be tolerated,” Bond said. “(Civil forfeiture of exotic cars) isn’t new, but certainly when you look at this case, it’s pretty shocking when you have 13 vehicles involved.”
The cars, driven mostly by new drivers, included a Ferrari 599, three Lamborghinis, and an Aston Martin DB9, among others.
Police say the drivers were racing in excess of 200 kilometres per hour during the wild daytime incident. Mounties said they do not have enough evidence for criminal charges.
Bond would not say which of the 13 cars are up for forfeiture.
If the government’s court claim is successful, the office could then auction off the cars and take part of the proceeds to pay for public-safety initiatives.
Local news from metronews.ca/vancouver
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