Gangster, brother turn themselves in to police

A Prince George gangster who was ordered deported to South Africa more than four years ago has turned himself in to police on charges of kidnapping and assault. Prince George RCMP said Wednesday Francois (Frankie) Meerholz, 24, who they say is linked to the Game Tight Soldiers and Renegades biker gangs, and his brother Dillan Meerholz, 22, turned themselves in late Tuesday. Responding to a report of a kidnapping, Mounties went to a rural area east of Prince George Sunday where they found a man suffering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries. It is believed the victim was held for several days in a house in the area. A 32-year-old suspect was arrested at the house, and a small marijuana-growing operation was found inside. A second suspect, a 35-year-old man, was arrested Monday. Before the Meerholz brothers turned themselves in, the Mounties had said they were also suspects.