More people deported due to Surrey extortion connections

Canada Border Services Agency has released the identities of two more extortion suspects who have been deported from the country.

In August 2025, the CBSA began formally monitoring immigration enforcement cases potentially linked to extortion. These cases come to the agency’s attention through many sources, including collaboration with extortion task forces, tips from partner agencies and the public, and CBSA’s own investigative work.

In relation to this work, as of March 12, the CBSA has opened 372 immigration investigations, 70 removal orders have been issued for various inadmissibility grounds, and 35 removals have been enforced.

Two recent cases illustrate CBSA’s ongoing efforts to identify and remove individuals linked to extortion and organized criminal schemes in Canada:

Arshdeep Singh entered Canada on a study permit in 2022. In November 2025, the CBSA arrested and detained Singh and reported him inadmissible for membership in a criminal organization linked to extortion, arson, drug trafficking, and firearm offences. In December 2025, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) found him inadmissible under IRPA for organized criminality and issued a deportation order. Singh remained in immigration detention on the grounds of being a danger to the public and flight risk. The CBSA removed him from Canada under escort on Jan. 19.

Sukhnaaz Singh Sandhu entered Canada in 2016, as a temporary resident. In November 2025, the CBSA arrested and detained Sandhu, reported him inadmissible for organized criminality and the IRB found him inadmissible under IRPA and issued a deportation order. Sandhu remained in immigration detention on the grounds of being a danger to the public until Feb. 3, when the CBSA removed him from Canada under escort.

The CBSA operates a tip line that allows the public to share information or directly report on the whereabouts of those who are inadmissible to Canada. Tips received are reviewed and assigned to officers for investigations. Call toll-free: 1-888-502-9060.

Surrey First Councillor and candidate for mayor Linda Annis welcomed the news.

“Coming to Canada is a privilege, not a right, and we’re glad to see progress reported from the ongoing investigation into extortion and other crimes,” Annis said. “They’re great first steps, but even more needs to be done to keep our citizens in Surrey safe. Extortionists, shooters, gangs and drug dealers need to know we are serious about doing whatever it takes to protect our people and our streets.”

Annis and her Surrey First team recently called for a number of other action items in the fight against crime including hiring 300 additional Surrey police officers over four years, and building a police training centre in Surrey to speed up recruitment and training.

In addition, Annis has called for police in Surrey to be provided with real-time access to the city’s 600-plus traffic cameras, and the addition of 600 more police-specific cameras.

Annis has also called for police in B.C. to have the ability to lay charges against arrestees instead of Crown Counsel, something that happens in most of the country, but not here. 

“Extortion empowers organized criminal groups, targets vulnerable people and inflicts lasting harm on Canadian communities. The CBSA is committed to using every tool we have to counter this threat. By increasing our removal capacity and deepening our partnerships with police, we have made significant progress toward ensuring these criminals cannot remain in Canada,” said Erin O’Gorman, president, Canada Border Services Agency