Three foreign nationals arrested by extortion patrol are charged in B.C. shooting
By Canadian Press on February 2, 2026.
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., say three men arrested on Sunday by officers on an anti-extortion patrol are all foreign nationals and have been charged over gunfire at a home.
Harjot Singh, Taranveer Singh and Dayajeet Singh Billing have been charged with one count each of discharging a firearm, and all have been remanded in custody until Thursday.
The suspects aged 19 to 21 were arrested by patrol officers after an early morning report of shots fired and a small fire outside a home in Surrey’s Crescent Beach neighbourhood.
Police say they were detained a short time after the shooting, after getting into a ride-hail vehicle.
The officers were part of Project Assurance, an initiative to patrol neighbourhoods targeted by extortion violence that has spiked in the new year.
They say the Canada Border Services Agency has been engaged because the accused are foreign nationals, and they may face additional charges.
Surrey has seen a rash of shootings at homes and businesses in recent weeks including a case on Jan. 26 when two foreign nationals were arrested by patrolling officers in the area of 129 Street and 84 Avenue.
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke last month called on the federal government to declare the extortion violence a national emergency, and the city’s council has passed a motion to urge Ottawa to take steps including naming a commissioner on extortion-related crimes.
Last week, the federal government committed to sending an additional 20 RCMP officers to Surrey to fight extortion-related violence, and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has said that helicopters would also be deployed.
There have been more than 30 shootings and other extortion violence cases in Surrey in the new year, and British Columbia’s Extortion Task Force says there were 32 active files across the Lower Mainland as of last month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 2, 2026.
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The foreign national issues are a growing concern that needs to addressed now! Nip it at the bud stage before it is completely out of control like the drug crisis!
Whether it is extortion, rape, child molestation, fatal motor vehicle accidents, and many other areas . . .they think they can come to Canada . . .commit this crimes and flee back home to the India or Pakisan, escaping prosecution!
The question is also are some of these groups affiliated with terrorist groups who are using the proceeds of crime to fund terrorism?
I know and have worked with people named Singh who are good, hardworking people . . . but this last name continues pop up just in the last few months in cases where serious crimes were committed, and they either were at large, fled back to India or Pakistan . . . or were being held!
South America is another area they come from, fly into the US where they commit acts of home invasions in high end neighbourhhoods, before fleeing back to South America . . . those homes are believed to have been surveilled before hand so they know what goods are highend in those homes.
Canada has become the country to rape and pillage it appears . . . where are the gatekeepers???