{"id":505273,"date":"2026-02-28T13:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505273\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:03:13","slug":"b-c-rcmp-say-three-foreign-nationals-charged-with-extortion-one-suspect-at-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505273\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. RCMP say three foreign nationals charged with extortion, one suspect at large"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772283793_705_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tFeb 27, 2026 | 6:33 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>SURREY \u2014 Police say three foreign nationals face extortion and firearms charges amid a spasm of shootings at homes and businesses in British Columbia. <\/p>\n<p>The charges were announced Friday by the B.C. Extortion Task Force, set up to investigate the dozens of threats, shootings and arsons, mostly aimed at the South Asian business community. <\/p>\n<p>Twenty-two-year old Avtar Singh, 28-year-old Sandeep Singh and 24-year-old Jagdeep Singh face charges of extortion and unlawfully discharging a firearm in connection to shots being fired at a Surrey home on Nov. 8 and then again four days later. <\/p>\n<p>Avtar Singh was already charged in December with unlawfully discharging a firearm and he and Sandeep Singh remain in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Feb 27, 2026 | 6:33 PM SURREY \u2014 Police say three foreign nationals face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-505273","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\/505273","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=505273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}