Police say they are getting a clearer picture of the hierarchy of the group suspected in a series of extortion crimes targeting the Edmonton's South Asian home builder community.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.The Edmonton Police Service is sharing new details with the public on suspects and events associated with " Project Gaslight ." That's an investigation into a series of extortions and arsons that has caused $10-million worth of property damage in Edmonton. Jasmine King reports.
Edmonton police said their last news release issued at the end of April led to a lot of new information coming in. “There’s 34 occurrences. There’s a lot of individuals that are suspects in this investigation. And so it’s the work of trying to compile it all, take all these nuggets of information from all the various sources and put it together in a comprehensive package so that we can then facilitate those charges.Detectives are now releasing several more images and surveillance videos to solicit tips and identify suspects and a suspect vehicle in several December 2023 incidents.
Police in Surrey and Abbotsford issued public warnings back in November after business owners in the BC Lower Mainland began to receive threatening letters.2 Beaumont fires confirmed arson, believed to be linked to Edmonton extortion case It said the suspects are believed to be tied to a gang based in India headed by a man named Lawrence Bishnoi, and the scheme targets “affluent members of the South Asian community.”
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