五名印度裔男子在加拿大因涉嫌敲诈勒索活动被捕并被起诉，警方称该活动涉及枪击、纵火、贩运枪支和毒品犯罪。这些逮捕行动是在皇家骑警（RCMP）对一家汽车经销商进行长达16个月的调查后作出的，该经销商的联合所有者于2025年6月报案称遭到敲诈勒索。
Five Indian-origin men have been arrested and charged in Canada over an alleged extortion campaign that police say involved shootings, arson, firearms trafficking and drug offences. The arrests were made after a 16-month investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) into an auto dealership whose co-owners reported extortion demands in June 2025.
警方表示，敲诈勒索要求之后发生了两起针对该经销商位于兰里和素里分店的纵火和枪击袭击。所有五名被告目前仍被羁押，调查人员表示，随着案件证据可能还与不列颠哥伦比亚省和阿尔伯塔省的其他敲诈和暴力案件有关，后续可能会追加更多指控。
Police said the extortion demands were followed by two attacks involving arson and shootings at the dealership's locations in Langley and Surrey. All five accused remain in custody, and investigators said more charges could follow as evidence from the case may also be linked to other extortion and violence cases in British Columbia and Alberta.
皇家骑警在周五发布的声明中将这五名被告描述为“外国公民”。其中一名23岁的被告Sanket Singla来自印度。他在调查人员促成其入境加拿大后，于周四在多伦多皮尔逊国际机场被捕。
In a statement issued on Friday, the RCMP described the five accused as "foreign nationals". One of them, 23-year-old Sanket Singla, is from India. He was arrested on Thursday at Toronto Pearson International Airport after investigators facilitated his entry into Canada.
其他四名被告分别是：24岁的Sahil、24岁的Simranjeet Singh、21岁的Harsh，均为不列颠哥伦比亚省居民；以及24岁的Jagdeep Singh，安大略省居民。他们在素里被捕。
The other four accused are Sahil, 24, Simranjeet Singh, 24, and Harsh, 21, all residents of British Columbia, and Jagdeep Singh, 24, a resident of Ontario. They were arrested in Surrey.
不列颠哥伦比亚省检察机关于周四对五人全部提起敲诈勒索指控。其中部分人还面临与枪支、纵火、爆炸物和贩运可卡因相关的额外指控。
The British Columbia Prosecution Service charged all five with extortion on Thursday. Some of them also face additional charges linked to firearms, arson, explosives and cocaine trafficking.
据CBC新闻报道，Singla和Simranjeet Singh被指控以火灾或爆炸方式损坏车辆，并向汽车修理厂投掷燃烧瓶，意图毁坏财产。报道称，Sahil还面临贩运可卡因和转让禁制枪支的指控。
According to CBC News, Singla and Simranjeet Singh are accused of damaging a vehicle by fire or explosion and of throwing Molotov cocktails into the auto shop with the intent to destroy or damage property. The report said Sahil also faces charges of trafficking cocaine and transferring prohibited firearms.
皇家骑警表示，调查过程中缴获了四支枪支、弹药和弹匣，以及疑似芬太尼、可卡因和鸦片。
The RCMP said the investigation led to the seizure of four firearms, ammunition and magazines, along with suspected fentanyl, cocaine and opium.
警方还表示，调查期间收集的材料可能与不列颠哥伦比亚省和阿尔伯塔省的其他勒索和暴力案件有关。加通社报道称，这些逮捕行动是去年启动全省范围勒索专案组后正在审查的一系列案件之一。据报道，这些勒索案件主要涉及针对企业主和南亚裔社区成员的威胁。不列颠哥伦比亚省勒索专案组负责人、警司邓肯·庞德表示，劳伦斯·比什诺伊帮派是否涉案将在法庭审理过程中揭晓。
Police also said material collected during the investigation may be connected to other extortion and violence cases in British Columbia and Alberta. The Canadian Press reported that the arrests are among a series of cases being examined after a province-wide extortion task force was launched last year. According to the report, the extortion cases have largely involved threats against business owners and members of the South Asian community. Chief Superintendent Duncan Pound of the British Columbia extortion task force said it would emerge during court proceedings whether the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was involved in the cases.
加拿大政府于2025年9月将由在押印度帮派头目劳伦斯·比什诺伊领导的跨国犯罪集团指定为恐怖实体。比什诺伊目前关押在艾哈迈达巴德的萨巴尔马蒂中央监狱。庞德还表示，一些调查中的嫌疑人声称与知名帮派有联系以加强恐吓，并指出勒索也是一种赚钱手段。该案围绕一起针对企业主的所谓勒索活动展开，目前已有五名男子被羁押，调查人员正在审查与其他事件的潜在关联。
The Canadian government designated the transnational criminal syndicate led by imprisoned Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi as a terrorist entity in September 2025. Bishnoi is currently lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad. Pound also said alleged perpetrators in some investigations had claimed links to prominent gangs to heighten intimidation, and noted that extortion was also a way of making money. The case centres on an alleged campaign targeting business owners, with five men now in custody and investigators examining possible links to other incidents.