TWO men have been arrested and are now charged with Criminal Code offences following a Surrey Police Service (SPS) investigation into an alleged shots fired incident in April at a residence where the resident had been the victim of extortion threats.
On April 22 at approximately 12:40 a.m., SPS frontline officers responded to calls of shots fired at a home in the 13400-block of 87A Avenue. Police confirmed damage to the residence and a vehicle. Although the residence was occupied at the time of the shooting; thankfully, no one was injured.
Surrey Police Service’s Extortion Response Team (ExRT) took over the lead on the investigation, a suspect vehicle was identified, and a search warrant was obtained. SPS ExRT members executed the warrant on a residence in Surrey with the assistance of the Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team, Canada Border Services Agency, and other SPS teams. Two men were arrested during the execution of the warrant and are now charged with multiple Criminal Code offences.
Damanjeet Singh, a 22-year-old male, has been charged with one count of discharging a firearm into a place knowing or being reckless as to whether someone was present, and one count of possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm without a licence.
Pardaman Singh, a 30-year-old male, has been charged with one count of discharging a firearm into a place knowing or being reckless as to whether someone was present, and one count of possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm without a licence.
Both Damanjeet Singh and Pardaman Singh have been remanded in custody. The next scheduled court date for Damanjeet Singh is May 19, and for Pardaman Singh, it is June 1. They are both foreign nationals and SPS has engaged the Canada Border Services Agency.
SPS is taking the additional step of releasing photos of both Damanjeet Singh and Pardaman Singh after determining that disclosure is necessary to assist with ongoing police investigations.
SPS hopes that the public release of these images of Damanjeet Singh and Pardaman Singh prompts additional witnesses, victims, or associates to come forward with relevant information regarding the activities of Damanjeet Singh and Pardaman Singh. Any information provided by the public or associates can assist police in gathering information on the people and potential criminal networks involved in violent extortions.
SPS is asking anyone who has information on Damanjeet Singh and Pardaman Singh to contact SPS’s 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.
