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Surrey police have released a photo of a man who has been removed from Canada as it makes a public appeal for information about his associates and what he was up to while in this country.
The man is suspected of having been involved in the extortion.
Lovebir Singh, a 22-year-old foreign national, arrived in Canada in the fall of 2023. He was identified by the Surrey Police Service early this year as a suspect in an extortion-related crime.
Police contacted the Canada Border Services Agency about Singh and, after an immigration investigation, he was deported.
His photo was released because investigators determined “disclosure is necessary to assist with ongoing police investigations.
“SPS hopes that the public release of this image of Lovebir Singh prompts additional witnesses, victims or associates to come forward with relevant information regarding (his) activities,” said Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton in a statement.
Anyone with information on Lovebir Singh or the extortion crisis is asked to call the SPS non-emergency number, 604-599-0502, the extortion tip line at 236-485-5149 or make an anonymous report to Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca .
In September, a reward fund of $250,000 was established to offer people with key information about extortions a chance to be rewarded if charges and convictions are secured in an extortion case.
Surrey police have also begun compiling statistics on extortions across the city. The numbers are publicly available at a website dedicated to extortion threats and what Surrey police are doing about them.
Go to surreypolice.ca/extortions and scroll down to the stats. So far, there are numbers for incidents since 2024. The data will be updated weekly.