EPS Chief Dale McFee, RCMP Superintendent Adam MacIntosh, and EPS Acting Inspector Dave Paton provided an update on Project Gaslight to reporters on Friday morning.
The man accused of orchestrating a string of arsons connected to extortion cases targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton has been arrested overseas.EPS Chief Dale McFee, RCMP Superintendent Adam MacIntosh, and EPS acting Insp. Dave Paton at a news conference about Project Gaslight in July. The man accused of orchestrating a string of arsons connected to extortion cases targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton has been arrested overseas.
"This investigation has been a massive effort on the part of EPS investigators, with never-before-seen complexities involving international co-ordination," Insp. Duane Hunter, with the EPS organized crime branch, said in a news release.Dhaliwal's extradition could be complicated by the absence of an extradition treaty between Canada and the UAE.
As of last July, when Dhaliwal's warrant was announced, Edmonton police were investigating 40 crimes related to the spree, including arsons, drive-by shootings and firearms incidents.Last summer, Dhaliwal and six others: four young men, a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman, believed to have been involved in the scheme, were arrested and charged.
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