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 the early morning hours of Monday.

On January 26 at approximately 3:50 a.m., SPS members assigned to Project Assurance, working in collaboration with SPS’s Major Crime Section, were in the area of 129 Street and 84 Avenue when they heard what they believed was a gunshot. SPS officers quickly located a suspect vehicle and stopped it, taking the driver and a passenger into custody. During the arrests a loaded handgun was discovered and seized.

Project Assurance is an initiative in which SPS proactively patrols neighbourhoods and business areas targeted by extortions and extortion-related shootings.

SPS’s Major Crime Section took over the investigation and two men have now been charged with Criminal Code offences.

Harshdeep Singh, a 20-year-old male, has been charged with one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and one count of occupying a vehicle knowing a firearm is present.

Hanspreet Singh, a 21-year-old male, has been charged with one count of occupying a vehicle knowing a firearm is present.

The investigation is ongoing, and additional charges may be forthcoming.

Staff-Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, SPS Senior Media Relations Officer, told The VOICE that police have not been able to find out whether the shot that had been fired had caused any damage to anything. Nobody has come forward to claim any damage. Police officers spent most of Monday looking for damage, but could not find any.

Both Harshdeep Singh and Hanspreet Singh have been remanded in custody until January 30. They are both foreign nationals and SPS has engaged Canada Border Services Agency.

SPS is asking anyone who has information on this incident, including CCTV or dashcam footage, to contact SPS’s non-emergency number at 604-599-0502 and quote file 26-8529 (SP).