SURREY — Three men have been arrested and charged on shooting allegations that police in Surrey, B.C., say are believed to be linked to an extortion investigation.

Police say charges stem from an early-morning shooting on March 27 in a residential area of the city where multiple shots were fired at the home.

The service says in a statement that no one was hurt and that its investigation eventually led police to believe the shooting was “related to an ongoing extortion investigation.”

All three accused are in their twenties and police say Mandeep Gidda, Nirmaandeep Cheema and Arundeep Singh are due to appear in court this week.

The charges come weeks after the RCMP announced a provincewide task force into the extortion cases, while departments in Surrey and Abbotsford launched their own

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