{"id":450202,"date":"2026-02-03T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450202\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:29:12","slug":"3-men-arrested-for-surrey-extortion-related-shooting-are-foreign-nationals-police-say-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450202\/","title":{"rendered":"3 men arrested for Surrey extortion-related shooting are foreign nationals, police say &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three men arrested on Feb. 1 in connection with an extortion-related shooting in Surrey have now been charged.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Harjot Singh, 21, Taranveer Singh, 19, and Dayajeet Singh Billing, 21, have all been charged with one count of discharging a firearm into a place.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey police said that on Feb. 1, members assigned to Project Assurance were patrolling in Surrey\u2019s Crescent Beach neighbourhood when reports came in around 3:50 a.m. of shots fired and a small fire outside a home near Crescent Road and 132 Street.<\/p>\n<p>The three accused were arrested by SPS officers a short time later near 28 Avenue and 140 Street after getting into a rideshare vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey police said the investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be laid.<\/p>\n<p>The three men have been remanded in custody until Feb. 5. Police said they are all foreign nationals and that they have engaged the Canada Border Services Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to Surrey police Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, as of Monday, Feb. 2, since the beginning of the year, there have been 46 reported extortion cases in Surrey, with 11 shots fired, one arson case and 29 victims, 17 of whom are repeat victims.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Surrey residents rally against extortion violence'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WEB_am_anti_extort_PIC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:37<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurrey residents rally against extortion violence\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Surrey police is asking\u00a0anyone who has information on this incident, including CCTV or dashcam footage, to contact SPS\u2019s non-emergency number at 604-599-0502 and quote file 26-10642 (SP).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>They said they are releasing the images of the three men in the hopes that additional witnesses, victims or associates will come forward with relevant information.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11648614\/florida-couple-tiffany-score-steven-mills-lawsuit-florida-fertility-clinic-ivf-life-embryo-mix-up\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770082151_625_tiffany-score-ivf-lawsuit.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFlorida couple sues fertility clinic, says woman birthed someone else\u2019s baby\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11648425\/donald-trump-sue-trevor-noah-grammys-joke-epstein-island\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-threatens-sue-trevor-noah-grammys-2026.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammy Awards\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concerned residents and community members held another rally in Surrey on Monday to raise awareness about the rise in extortion-related incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer Rasinder Kaur said the extortion-related crimes are not slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(There are so) many cases (where) people didn\u2019t report it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are standing here in the rain to just asking and requesting our governments, all three level governments, please address these issues very seriously. It\u2019s not a small issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaur said she knows so many people who have left Canada due to an extortion-related threat.<\/p>\n<p>Attendee Adam Gu told Global News that he has lived in South Surrey for almost 20 years and the situation is getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I drive Crescent Road, I know that there\u2019s always gun shooting there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2025, the Surrey Extortion Reward Fund of $250,000.00 was established to offer individuals with key information the ability to collect a reward if charges and convictions of those responsible for these crimes are secured.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the\u00a0Surrey Extortion Tip Line at 236-485-5149 or\u00a0Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.solvecrime.ca\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solvecrime.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.solvecrime.ca<\/a>\u00a0if you wish to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men arrested on Feb. 1 in connection with an extortion-related shooting in Surrey have now been charged.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,2169,44,162398,177823],"class_list":["post-450202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-surrey-crime","tag-surrey-extortion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}