Langley RCMP Charge Sanket Singla, Sahil, Simranjeet Singh, Harsh and Jagdeep Singh With Twenty-Nine Counts in Project E_PURSUANCE After Extortion Demands and Two Targeted Attacks on an Auto Dealership (October 2, 2026)

The Langley RCMP say Project E_PURSUANCE began in June 2025 after the co-owners of an auto dealership reported significant extortion demands, which the force says were followed by two targeted attacks on the business involving arson and shootings at its Surrey and Langley locations. On October 1, 2026, the BC Prosecution Service laid twenty-nine counts against five people the release calls foreign nationals: Sanket Singla, 23, from India; Sahil, 24, of Surrey; Simranjeet Singh, 24, of Surrey; Harsh, 21, of Surrey; and Jagdeep Singh, 24, of Ottawa, Ontario. The force says Singla was in India and was arrested on arrival in Toronto on October 1 through a controlled operation that allowed him to enter Canada; the other four were arrested in Surrey. All five remain in custody. The counts include five of extortion, seven of recklessly discharging a firearm, seven of causing damage by fire or explosion to property, two of throwing an explosive substance, six of unauthorized transfer under section 99(1)(a), all against Sahil, and two of trafficking cocaine. Four firearms, ammunition, magazines and suspected fentanyl, cocaine and opium were seized. The release says investigators identified a group allegedly involved in extortions and in trafficking prohibited firearms and controlled substances, but it does not name the group, and no criminal organization offence is laid. All five are presumed innocent.

Project E_PURSUANCE

The release describes Project E_PURSUANCE as a major investigation involving allegations of extortion and violence. It says the file began in June 2025 following an extortion report from the co-owners of an auto dealership, who were victims of significant extortion demands, and that this was followed by two targeted attacks on the business involving arson and shootings at its Surrey and Langley locations. The release says that, through a dedicated project team and operations across Canada and internationally, investigators identified a group allegedly involved in extortions, trafficking prohibited firearms and trafficking controlled substances. It does not give a date for either attack, does not name the dealership or the group, and does not say whether anyone was injured.

The release also says evidence was obtained pertaining to the possible involvement of other suspects in extortions and acts of violence in communities across British Columbia and Alberta, and that investigators continue to work with partner agencies to support those investigations. No further person is named. Global News quotes Supt. Harm Dosange as saying the evidence is being shared with policing partners in Western Canada and across Canada, and that “we are expecting more charges coming from our policing partners in the very near future.”

The Five Accused and Where They Were Arrested

The release says that on October 1, 2026 the BC Prosecution Service laid charges. It says Singla was in India, that investigators determined it was in the public interest to have him appear before the courts in Canada, and that, working with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and international RCMP Liaison Officers, investigators facilitated a controlled operation that allowed him to enter Canada for the purpose of effecting his arrest. He was arrested upon arrival in Toronto on October 1 and remains in custody there; Global News reports the arrest was at Toronto-Pearson International Airport. The other four accused were arrested in Surrey and remain in custody; the release does not date those four arrests, and Global News reports they took place on Thursday, October 1. Two of the five accused — Sahil and Harsh — are named in the release by a single name, with no surname given.

The Charge Lists, Accused by Accused

The counts are reproduced here in the release’s own wording. Sanket Singla, 23, from India: extortion, contrary to s. 346(1.1)(b) of the Criminal Code; two counts of recklessly discharging a firearm into or at a place, contrary to s. 244.2(3)(b); two counts of causing damage by fire or explosion to property, contrary to s. 434; and throwing an explosive substance with the intent to destroy or damage property, contrary to s. 81(1)(c). Six counts.

Sahil, 24, of Surrey: extortion, contrary to s. 346(1.1)(b); causing damage by fire or explosion to property, contrary to s. 434; unauthorized transfer of a prohibited firearm, contrary to s. 99(1)(a); two further counts of unauthorized transfer of a prohibited firearm, contrary to s. 99(1)(a), which the release lists on a separate line; three counts of unauthorized transfer of prohibited device, ammunition or magazine, contrary to s. 99(1)(a); and two counts of trafficking cocaine, contrary to s. 5(3)(a) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Ten counts.

Simranjeet Singh, 24, of Surrey: extortion, contrary to s. 346(1.1)(b); two counts of recklessly discharging a firearm into or at a place, contrary to s. 244.2(3)(b); two counts of causing damage by fire or explosion to property, contrary to s. 434; and throwing an explosive substance with the intent to destroy or damage property, contrary to s. 81(1)(c). Six counts.

Harsh, 21, of Surrey: extortion, contrary to s. 346(1.1)(b); two counts of recklessly discharging a firearm into or at a place, contrary to s. 244.2(3)(b); and causing damage by fire or explosion to property, contrary to s. 434. Four counts.

Jagdeep Singh, 24, of Ottawa, Ontario: extortion, contrary to s. 346(1.1)(b); recklessly discharging a firearm into or at a place, contrary to s. 244.2(3)(b); and causing damage by fire or explosion to property, contrary to s. 434. Three counts.

Six plus ten plus six plus four plus three is twenty-nine. Counted the other way: five extortion counts, seven of recklessly discharging a firearm, seven of causing damage by fire or explosion, two of throwing an explosive substance, six of unauthorized transfer under s. 99(1)(a), and two of trafficking cocaine — twenty-nine again.

The Transfer Counts Under Section 99(1)(a)

All six unauthorized-transfer counts are laid against Sahil alone: three alleging unauthorized transfer of a prohibited firearm and three alleging unauthorized transfer of a prohibited device, ammunition or magazine. The release lists four firearms, assorted ammunition and magazines, and illicit substances such as suspected fentanyl, cocaine and opium among what was seized. It does not say which firearm, device, magazine or round any count attaches to, does not describe any of the four firearms by type, make or calibre, publishes no weight for any of the three substances, and does not say where or when any item was recovered.

The Units on the File

The release calls Project E_PURSUANCE a Joint Force Operation led by the Langley RCMP, with significant support from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia and Federal Policing Pacific Region through the BC Provincial Extortion Task Force. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and international RCMP Liaison Officers worked with investigators on the controlled operation that led to Singla’s arrest. Statements come from Supt. Harm Dosange, Officer in Charge of the Langley RCMP, who thanks the victims for their courage in coming forward, and from Chief Supt. Duncan Pound, Assistant District Commander and Operations Officer for the Lower Mainland District, who says “these files are complex and resource intensive.”

Why This Sits on the Beat

The Lower Mainland sits outside the primary footprint of this beat, and the concrete features that put the file on it are these: a named project, Project E_PURSUANCE; the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia and the BC Provincial Extortion Task Force of Federal Policing Pacific Region both named on the file by the force; six counts of unauthorized transfer of a prohibited firearm, device, ammunition or magazine under s. 99(1)(a); seven counts of recklessly discharging a firearm; and four firearms seized.

None of the twenty-nine counts has been tested in court, and each of Sanket Singla, Sahil, Simranjeet Singh, Harsh and Jagdeep Singh is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Every allegation here is the RCMP’s or the Crown’s, and the charge wording and section numbers are copied from the force’s own release. No gang, outlaw motorcycle club, crime family, syndicate or cartel label has been applied, because the release applies none and no criminal organization offence has been laid. The Lower Mainland lies outside the primary footprint of this beat; the file sits on it because of a named project, CFSEU-BC and the BC Provincial Extortion Task Force on the file, six firearms- and device-transfer counts under s. 99(1)(a), seven counts of recklessly discharging a firearm and four firearms seized. The release mentions no publication ban.