SURREY \u2014 Two foreign nationals have been arrested in connection to extortion violence in Surrey, B.C., where there has been a spike in shootings at homes and businesses this year.<\/p>\n
Police say 22-year-old Damanjeet Singh and 30-year-old Pardaman Singh were arrested after officers, including the Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team and Canada Border Services Agency, served a search warrant on a home in Surrey.<\/p>\n
Police say they tracked down the address and made the arrests after investigators identified a suspect vehicle in a shooting that happened on April 22 in the city.<\/p>\n
Shots were fired at the home in the overnight hours, damaging the building’s exterior, although no one inside was injured.<\/p>\n
Both men arrested in the case were charged with possessing and discharging a firearm, and their next court appearance is set for later this month.<\/p>\n
The latest figures from Surrey police say there have been 98 reported cases of extortion in the city and 16 cases of shots fired, in a city among Canada’s hardest hit by such violence that is targeting the South Asian community.<\/p>\n
Canada Border Services said Tuesday that it had opened 446 immigration investigations into foreign nations suspected of being involved or linked to extortion across the country as of May 7.<\/p>\n
It said it had issued 118 removal orders and 55 of those had been enforced.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n
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