{"id":494983,"date":"2026-02-23T22:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494983\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:34:09","slug":"b-c-police-release-photo-of-now-deported-extortion-suspect-in-appeal-for-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494983\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. police release photo of now-deported extortion suspect in appeal for information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Surrey, B.C., have released the image of a foreign national suspected of involvement in a wave of extortion gripping the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Surrey Police Service says 22-year-old Lovebir Singh has been removed from Canada, but they\u2019ve released his image as they appeal to the public for any information about his associates and activities while he was in the country.<\/p>\n<p>They say Singh had been in Canada since the fall of 2023, and police identified him as a suspect in extortion-related criminal activity early this year.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they shared information with the Canada Border Services Agency, whose immigration investigation led to Singh\u2019s removal from the country.<\/p>\n<p>They say they\u2019re releasing Singh\u2019s photo after determining it was \u201cnecessary\u201d to assist with ongoing investigations and in hopes it will prompt any additional witnesses, victims or associates to come forward with information.<\/p>\n<p>The release of Singh\u2019s photo comes as the Surrey Police Service adds statistics to its web page dedicated to the extortion threats, showing there have been 56 reported extortions in the city so far this year, 11 related shots-fired incidents and two arsons targeting 32 victims, 18 of whom are described as \u201crepeat\u201d victims.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in Surrey, B.C., have released the image of a foreign national suspected of involvement in a wave&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-494983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494983","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=494983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}