B.C. gangster arrested in France, B.C. looking to seize 3 of his properties worth $11m

Published 2:07 pm Friday, July 10, 2026

A West Vancouver man charged with conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine and heroin through the US to Canada was arrested in France on July 7.

Garinder Singh Deo, 40, was taken into police custody in France and is awaiting extradition to the United States to face charges connected to the FBI’s operation Hardball, the RCMP said Friday.

Deo has been charged alongside 37 others as the FBI cracks down on Indian-based organized crime groups.

The details of the crime groups were laid out in three recently unsealed grand jury indictments against Lawrence Bishnoi, Ravinder Dhanda, Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, and 34 others.

The U.S. indictment alleges Deo purchased bulk quantities of cocaine and heroin from Mexico that were to be shipped from Southern California to Canada and the eastern United States with the assistance of members and associates of the Bhagwanpuria enterprise.

This includes a June 2025 shipment that was intercepted by law enforcement where 218.7 pounds of cocaine and 2.2 pounds of heroin were seized. Deo and several other defendants have each been charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. None of these allegations have been proven in court.

The B.C. government is seeking to seize three homes, worth over $11-million, connected to Deo and his family – two in Surrey and one in West Vancouver – as they were allegedly obtained through Deo’s “unlawful activity.”

The notice of claim was filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on July 8 against Deo, his wife, brother and sister-in-law.

Deo, his brother, and his sister-in-law are listed as the owners of the home at 12645 26A Ave., Surrey. Two different incorporated companies were used to purchase the other homes; the numbered company is listed as the owner of the home at 2030 Westdean Cres., West Vancouver, and GSMD as the owner of the home at 16087 59 Ave. in Cloverdale.

The West Vancouver residence is listed as Deo’s primary residence.

Deo is listed as the president and sole director of the numbered company and his spouse as the president and sole director of GSMD, although Deo was previously listed as the director.

The director claims that “Deo is a member of a criminal organization involved in profit-generating unlawful activity, and directly or indirectly held or holds, controls or controlled, beneficially owns or owned, and possesses or possessed interests in the Properties through registered ownership, corporate ownership, family ownership, nominee ownership, or control.”

According to reports from the Vancouver Sun, Deo is a known associate of the Wolfpack gang.

The director claims that Deo has been involved in several criminal activities, including racketeering, trafficking and possessing controlled substances, laundering the proceeds of crime, collecting property for terrorist activities and not declaring his taxable income.

If the homes are sold, the director claims, the proceeds would be used by Deo to continue “engaging in unlawful activity.”

The director is seeking to seize all three homes and any proceeds from them.

The defendants have 21 days to file a response to the claim after they were served. It notes that an application for judgment against the property “may be made” if they fail to respond within the allotted timeframe.

B.C. gangster arrested in France, B.C. looking to seize 3 of his properties worth $11m

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