Toronto, May 17 -- Canadian police have arrested four Punjab-origin men and are looking for a fifth in connection with a kidnapping incident related to extortion in Edmonton, Calgary Police Service (CPS) said on Friday. CPS's Organised Crime & Offender Management Section has laid charges against the five men regarding an elaborate scheme to extort a victim in the city. The arrested men have been identified as Taranveer Singh, 24, Daksh Gautam, 25, Akashdeep Singh, 18, and Pardeep Singh, 24, all residents of Calgary. They face multiple charges related to firearms, kidnapping and assault. Police also seized a privately-manufactured firearm (PMF). They are now looking for a fifth suspect, 29-year-old Gagandeep Singh, and have released his photos. According to a release from CPS, on the evening of May 6, between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm, four men kidnapped a man from his residence in Edmonton. He was assaulted, threatened at gunpoint, forced into a vehicle and driven to Calgary. The suspects drove the victim to his friend's residence, where additional suspects and vehicles were present. They attempted to force the victim to lure his friend, the intended extortion target, out of his residence. The victim refused and was assaulted again. While the suspects remained outside the residence, the victim's friend and his wife attempted to leave. They were followed and threatened with a firearm before fleeing back to their residence where they contacted police, CPS said. Shortly after, police located a vehicle believed to be involved and conducted a traffic stop, resulting in the arrest of two men. The initial Edmonton kidnapping remained unreported to the police. The remaining suspects drove the victim back to Edmonton where he was released near his residence early the next morning. Upon his release, he contacted police to report the kidnapping. On Tuesday, investigators, with the assistance of CPS' tactical team, conducted a traffic stop and arrested two others. The CPS investigation was supported by the Edmonton police service and the Canada Border Services Agency. "This incident is an escalation of the ongoing violence associated with an extortion series that is targeting the South Asian community," the CPS said. Since April 2025, there have been 45 extortion-related incidents in Calgary, with 19 of them involving shootings at homes, businesses, or vehicles. To date, 11 individuals have been charged in relation to the Calgary series of extortion....