Dominion Society of Canada - September 11, 2026


How Indian Gangsters Destroyed Surrey, BC

Hosted by
Daniel Tyrie
Mentioned
Surrey Lovepreet Singh Drew Coover Andrew
Should we be letting illiterate people into Canada？ What is the long term vision for the Dominion Society？

Episode Stats


Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

146.99

Word count

668

Sentence count

33

Harmful content

Toxicity

5

sentences flagged

Hate speech

3

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Transcript

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00:00:00.000 This is Lawrence Bishnoy, one of the most notorious and feared gang leaders in all of India.
00:00:06.980 A 33-year-old former law student from a small village in Punjab who sits behind bars in a
00:00:13.720 maximum security Indian prison since the year 2015. From his cell, he allegedly runs a transnational
00:00:20.680 crime network using smuggled phones. His gang has been tied to high-profile killings all across the
00:00:26.280 globe. And it's made its way into Canada. Welcome to Surrey, British Columbia.
00:00:35.280 There have been 44 extortion files in Surrey this year. 27 involved shootings. Much of the
00:00:41.560 extortion has been linked to an organized crime group in India called the Lawrence Bishnoy gang.
00:00:47.140 They go after money. Just go after money. Yes. What happens if you say no? If somebody asks
00:00:52.280 for $50,000. Bullets fired into businesses, homes, and cars to intimidate victims into paying up.
00:01:04.540 Primarily South Asian business owners receive a call or text demanding cash or their family
00:01:09.780 will be harmed. I want to introduce you to local journalist Andrew, known online as Drew Coover,
00:01:19.900 one of the only outspoken independent Canadian journalists
00:01:23.400 who sought to dive deeper into how exactly Surrey 1.00
00:01:26.540 has become a city run completely by Indian gangsters. 1.00
00:01:49.900 shot up we heard about every day something you hear about it every day every day yeah it's common 1.00
00:01:56.220 now yeah it's common in surrey has it been normalized in surrey yeah do you have friends
00:02:03.580 that are business owners friends family yeah some of them they always some portion calls
00:02:11.100 they get calls how does it work so they own a business they get a call on the phone and say
00:02:15.980 say look we want money yeah and you're saying it's it's a normalized it's just normal now in
00:02:22.040 surrey how long have you been how long have you been here 20 years you know what it's like 20
00:02:26.160 years ago none of this happened no just in the last few years yeah well god bless bro okay all
00:02:31.340 right you stay safe man it's nice to meet you thank you bye bye oh this is crazy that's very
00:02:36.460 interesting so he's got friends and family who are business owners it's normalized i don't know
00:02:41.280 if you saw the video i did in toronto where there's an african migrant and he's flailing 0.95
00:02:45.560 and he's screaming and behind him there's a white lady and her butts rip right out of her pants 0.63
00:02:51.080 that's normalized on the streets of toronto like this is normalized in the streets of surrey how 0.97
00:02:56.680 extortions are playing out here goes something like this a business owner gets an anonymous call
00:03:02.040 they answer the phone and they're greeted by an anonymous individual who already knows everything
00:03:06.440 about them what businesses they own where they live what cars they drive and even frightening
00:03:11.560 things like what time their children get home from school. And the same thing happened to the
00:03:16.640 man I'm going to be meeting up with later today, 29-year-old Surrey business owner Lovepreet Singh,
00:03:22.140 who had his entire life flipped upside down after refusing to pay $50,000 to an alleged
00:03:28.280 member of the Bishnoy gang, the largest designated terrorist organization under the criminal code
00:03:33.960 as of september 29th 2025 no no no no punjabi no punjabi but punjabi
00:03:48.760 okay it's our own community it's linked to india gangsters in india are sending over
00:03:54.840 students guys get in the car these guys over here they were mean dog enough
00:04:00.680 He's got a huge thick gold chain on his neck.
00:04:02.480 Just be careful, they don't have a gun, bro.
00:04:04.180 Yeah, what are they doing?
00:04:06.380 Yeah, that's some scary stuff.
00:04:09.680 Yeah, yeah.
00:04:14.180 They were just-
00:04:14.680 I told you, that's what I'm saying.
00:04:16.180 He took a picture of the plate.
00:04:18.180 You're right. 0.97
00:04:19.180 But the problem is there are some sick people. 0.86
00:04:21.180 Here we go.
00:04:22.180 So this guy here is followed up.
00:04:24.180 He's on the phone with somebody.
00:04:25.180 Yeah, now he's talking to us.
00:04:26.180 He's acting like he doesn't even know who we are.
00:04:30.680 You