{"id":647871,"date":"2026-05-04T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647871\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:16:09","slug":"surrey-police-seeking-information-on-activities-of-deported-extortion-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647871\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey police seeking information on activities of deported extortion suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surrey police have released a photo of a man suspected of being involved in the region\u2019s ongoing extortion crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-year-old Prabhjot Singh was arrested in early 2026 and later deported after an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the SPS is asking for information on the foreign national\u2019s associates and activities while he was in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Police have released a photo of Singh, hoping it \u201cprompts additional witnesses, victims, or associates to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260504-surrey-extortion-suspect-939x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>(Courtesy Surrey Police Service)<\/p>\n<p>Those with information to share are asked to call the SPS\u2019s non-emergency number at 604-599-0502, the Surrey Extortion Tip Line at 236-485-5149, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca if they wish to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2025, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke announced the city\u2019s extortion tip line and set aside a $250,000 reward fund for information leading to convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The SPS says suspect photos will be released on a case-by-case basis, if disclosure is necessary to further an investigation into a current crime.<\/p>\n<p>As of last week, the SPS says 91 extortion crimes have been reported in 2026, affecting 49 victims, including 16 shots fired, and two arsons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey police have released a photo of a man suspected of being involved in the region\u2019s ongoing extortion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-647871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647871","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=647871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}