Toronto, July 12 -- Enforcement action related to Operation Hard Ball has continued with a Canada-based gangster of Punjab origin taken into custody in France. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed on Friday that 40-year-old Garinder Deo was arrested on July 7 after the United States Department of Justice announced the outcome of the operation which led to charges being filed against 37 individuals, including Lawrence Bishnoi and his former lieutenant in North America, Satinderjeet Singh, alias Goldy Brar. Deo was named in the indictment against the Bhagwanpuria gang and is the fourth Canadian to be arrested under the sprawling investigation which spanned the United States, Canada and Europe. "Deo has been associated with high-level organised crime, organised criminal gangs in the Greater Vancouver area," said officials. FULL REPORT ON PAGE 2...