Calgary Police Charge 3 in Extortion Case

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome to Calgary News Today, powered by AI. Calgary police just dropped more charges in an extortion case tied to the South Asian community, focusing on a saddle-rich home shot up twice back in, February and early March. Three guys are now facing discharging a firearm with intent. 21-year-old Jaskarren Singh from Calgary charged an early April, armor. 21-year-old Karnberr Singh, who is doing court today and 22-year-old German-jeet Singh, also known as Gary, who's still on the run, with a warrant out. They caught the trail during a traffic stop on March 7th near the scene, where the vehicle matched one from the shootings and turned up key, evidence. This hits hard in the South Asian neighborhoods, part of 41 extortion attempts in Calgary this year, including 18 home or business, shootings that have folks on edge. These teamed up with eminence and cops, federal border services, and provincial units, leading to 45 referrals for deportation so far, with, wild, 35 removals already in the prairies,

1:06and more investigations nationwide. Acting Deputy Chief Jeff Bell says these partnerships are shutting down the violence, and it's been nearly a month without a major incident, proving they're making the city safer one bus at a time.