India-Based Extortion Gang's Criminal Activities Unveiled in Canadian Police Testimony A letter sent to a British Columbia police station last year by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang revealed the group’s plan to deploy up to 1,000 members to carry out shootings as part of its extortion operations, a police officer testified during a deportation hearing. The letter, delivered to an Abbotsford police station on August 13, 2025, detailed the gang’s structure and its demand for payments from businesses, with threats of violence if victims failed to comply. Const. Kevin St. Louis, an extortion investigator, described the letter as a clear indication of the gang’s intent to profit from its criminal activities. The Abbotsford Police Department confirmed the letter’s authenticity and shared its contents with law enforcement partners across Canada. Sgt. Paul Walker, a spokesperson for the department, noted that detectives investigating the extortion crisis had begun tracing the origin of the letter and its contents. However, he declined to provide further details on the investigation’s progress. The letter emerged during a deportation hearing for Jashandeep Singh, an alleged member of an Edmonton-based extortion gang linked to shootings in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. St. Louis provided a detailed account of the Bishnoi gang’s operations, which are led by Lawrence Bishnoi, a figure held in an Indian prison since 2015. The gang, designated as a terrorist group in Canada since September 2025, relies on Indian nationals in Canada to execute its threats. These individuals, often temporary foreign workers or students, are paid small sums to carry out shootings but are also drawn to the group for a sense of belonging. St.#lawrence_bishnoi #jashandeep_singh #abbotsford_police_department #jora_sidhu #canada_border_services_agency
