Premier David Eby described the extortion crisis that is taking place in Surrey and other areas in the province as terrorism.

Surrey has seen 33 extortion-related shootings so far in 2025 and 59 extortion reports not related to shootings, as of Thursday (Oct. 9).

"We pushed hard with the federal government to ensure that the Lawrence Bishnoi group was listed as a terrorist entity and any other organization that's involved in this extortion, because this is terrorism. This is an effort to terrorize the community, to extort money from them, and whether it's an individual thug or whether it's a group of people working together, it is completely unacceptable," Eby said.

The Bishnoi gang is a transnational criminal organization that operates out of India but is known to have a presence in Ca

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