Suspect wanted in Edmonton-Calgary extortion kidnapping arrested
Posted May 22, 2026 9:51 am.
Last Updated May 22, 2026 5:23 pm.
A man who was wanted on warrants in connection to an elaborate extortion scheme that involved a kidnapping in Edmonton and forced transportation to Calgary has been arrested.
Twenty-nine-year-old Gagandeep Singh of Calgary was wanted on charges of kidnapping with a firearm, pointing a firearm, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, and assault.
He is among five people charged in connection to the May 6 crime, which targeted members of the South Asian community.
investigators say a man was kidnapped from a home in Edmonton by four men after being assaulted and threatened at gunpoint.
The victim was forced into a vehicle that was then driven from Edmonton to Calgary.
According to police, the suspect drove the victim to his friend’s home in the northeast community of Cityscape, where there were more suspects and vehicles staged.
Investigators say the suspects were trying to get the kidnapped man to lure his friend out of the home; that friend was the intended extortion target.
The victim refused and was again assaulted.
While the suspects remained outside the house, the victim’s friend and his wife tried to leave. Police say they were followed and threatened with a gun before going back inside their home, where they called the police.
Shortly after, police found a vehicle that was thought to involved and conducted a traffic stop near Metis Trail and 104 Avenue NE.
Two men were arrested during the stop for their involvement in the Cityscape incident. However, that incident had been yet to reported to police.
The remaining suspects drove the kidnapping victim back to Edmonton where he was released near his home early the next morning.
When he was released, the victim contacted police to report he’d been kidnapped.
On May 12, with the help of the CPS Tactical Team, investigators found two more suspects and conducted a traffic stop on Martindale Boulevard NE, where they were arrested.
It is unclear when or where Singh was arrested.
