Three extortion suspects who fled a Feb. 1 South Surrey crime scene in a rideshare all pleaded guilty and were sentenced in Surrey Provincial Court on Tuesday (June 9).
The trio, all foreign nationals, was caught after Surrey Police Service members assigned to Project Assurance — working in collaboration with SPS’s Major Crime Section — were patrolling Surrey’s Crescent Beach neighbourhood Feb 1 around 3:50 a.m. when reports came in of shots fired and a small fire outside a residence near Crescent Road and 132 Street, an SPS release said.
All three suspects were taken into custody near 28 Avenue and 140 Street after getting into a rideshare car.
Harjot Singh, 21, Taranveer Singh, 19, and Dayajeet Singh Billing, 21, were charged with three counts each under the Criminal Code of Canada: one count of discharging a firearm into a place, one count of placing/throwing an explosive to damage property, and one count of possessing a loaded or unloaded potentially prohibited or restricted firearm with access to ammunition.
On Tuesday (June 9) the three men entered guilty pleas and were sentenced in Surrey Provincial Court:
• Taranveer Singh pleaded guilty to reckless discharge of a firearm and has received a sentence of five years, less time served
• Dayajeet Singh pleaded guilty to throwing an explosive substance and has received a sentence of 27 months, less time served
• Harjot Singh pleaded guilty to throwing an explosive substance and has received a sentence of 25 months, less time served