Charges of Forcible Confinement, Robbery, Assault with a Weapon, and Assault Causing Bodily Harm have now been laid against Davjit Randhawa (31 years old), Sukhdeep Dhaliwal (19 years old), Chaten Dhindsa (20 years old), and Gurpreet Dhudwal (18 years old). A fifth suspect in the December 5th incident, Ravinder Samra, was arrested on December 11^th and was charged with Forcible Confinement, Robbery, Assault with a Weapon, and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose. All five have since been released with strict conditions. A sixth suspect, Karnjit Randhawa, a 27 year old male from Surrey, has not been located and is currently wanted by police.

By R. Paul Dhillon

SURREY – Surrey RCMP arrested five Indo-Canadians as they continues to target individuals believed to be involved in a number of shots fired incidents associated to the local drug trade.

Police said in a press release Wednesday that a number of new arrests have been made which will help further efforts to curb the violence in our community.

Charges of Forcible Confinement, Robbery, Assault with a Weapon, and Assault Causing Bodily Harm have now been laid against Davjit Randhawa (31 years old), Sukhdeep Dhaliwal (19 years old), Chaten Dhindsa (20 years old), and Gurpreet Dhudwal (18 years old).

Randhawa and Dhindsa have also been charged with failing to comply with court-imposed conditions.

A fifth suspect in the December 5th incident, Ravinder Samra, a 28 year male from Surrey, was arrested on December 11th, 2015. He was charged with Forcible Confinement, Robbery, Assault with a Weapon, and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose.

On December 5th, 2015, Surrey RCMP was notified that a male was being assaulted, threatened, and held against his will in the area of 86^th Avenue and 130th Street. When police arrived several people were arrested in relation to this event.

On December 11th, 2015, Randhawa and Dhindsa, Dhaliwal and Dhudwal were released under strict conditions that included: 24/7 house arrest, no contact with each other, not to be in any motor vehicle unless with the registered owner, not to possess a cell phone, and to be in the company of their parents while outside the home for any purpose.

On December 15th Samra was also released with the same conditions.

A sixth suspect, Karnjit Randhawa, a 27 year old male from Surrey, has not been located and is currently wanted by police.  In order to assist police with their on-going efforts to locate Karnjit Randhawa, police are releasing his photo.

The victim is well known to police and continues to recover from his injuries.

“We believe that arresting these individuals and advancing prosecutions against them will create a safer community,” says Surrey RCMP Officer inCharge, Chief Superintendent Bill Fordy. “We will continue to aggressively advance a broad base of strategies on those that we believe are associated with the violent acts that have played out on our streets.”

"I am pleased to see significant headway being made by the RCMP in Surrey. Recent police actions and arrests - including five announced today – have destabilized the groups involved in targeted shootings in the area and considerably reduced their drug-trafficking operations,” said newly appointed Public Safety Minister Mike Morris

"Targeted shootings, the low-level drug trade and the conflicts surrounding it continue to be extremely concerning to our government. I can assure the people of British Columbia that police and community leaders throughout the Lower Mainland will continue to work relentlessly to keep these criminals off our streets.

“We also need those who have information about these incidents – their families and their friends – to do the right thing and come forward to police. We all must work together to keep our communities safe.”

The continuing enforcement by Surrey RCMP and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC) has allowed police to make significant headway in disrupting the low level drug trade and resulting violence over the past few months. As of November 29th, over 6,200 persons have been checked, almost 800 arrests and detentions made, and more than 160 weapons and firearms have been seized.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP’s dedicated tip line at 604-915-6566 or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.solvecrime.ca.